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Holland Haven 09:00 to 12:00, Sunny and windy
11 Purple Sandpiper (On sluice ) Turnstone Ringed Plover 2 Peregrine Falcon [Yvonne Watling]

Holland Haven 07:45 to 09:00, 1c, overcast & strong NW-N wind
11 Purple Sandpiper (flew from south to sluice to feed om sea wall) Red-throated Diver (fishing by sea wall adjacent to golf course) 2 Great Northern Diver (possibly 3 flying north) Razorbill (flying north) 10 Great Black-backed Gull 50 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (feeding on fields & some flew in from sea) [Tony Kennelly]

Holland Haven 12:00 to 16:00, Selected sightings
Green Sandpiper 2 Peregrine Falcon Curlew 2 Red-throated Diver 5 Purple Sandpiper 2 Turnstone [Matt Turner]

Holland Haven 10:00 to 11:00, breezy, cold
7 Purple Sandpiper (around sluice) 2 Stonechat Red-throated Diver (flying south) [Moira Jackson]

Holland Haven 11:00 to 12:00, Fine and still
6 Purple Sandpiper [Graham Upton]

Holland Haven 07:00 to 13:00,
7 Purple Sandpiper 2 Razorbill Guillemot Great Northern Diver 28 Red-throated Diver Rock Pipit Grey Wagtail Gannet 2 Common Scoter [Steve Grimwade]

Holland Haven 09:40 to 12:40, Cool. Rising wind. Blue sky becoming more varied with raincloud missing me.
6 Purple Sandpiper (On sea defences.) 5 Black-tailed Godwit (On lagoon) Stonechat [Simon Banks]

Holland Haven 13:30 to 16:00, Selected highlights from Swallow Birding Guided walk
2 Guillemot Razorbill 2 Red-throated Diver Gannet 2 Stonechat Great Crested Grebe 3 Siskin 2 Sparrowhawk 2 Buzzard [Steve Grimwade]

Holland Haven 07:40 to 13:00, Selected sightings from seawatch and walk along sea wall
80 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (+) 6 Pintail 4 Eider (3m 1f) 15 Common Scoter 3 Red-breasted Merganser (all female type south) 9 Lapwing (in off) 2 Purple Sandpiper 2 Great Skua (both heading north) 2 Guillemot Razorbill (found by Matt Lonsdale) 3 Kittiwake 2 Mediterranean Gull 4 Red-throated Diver (inc breeding plumage bird on sea) 25 Gannet (prob more, lots of movement north and south) Cetti's Warbler Stonechat (female) 2 Rock Pipit 2 Brambling (in off) 2 Siskin [Matt Turner]

Holland Haven 14:00 to 16:30, Selected highlights from Swallow Birding guided walk
2 Stonechat 18 Snipe 3 Buzzard Marsh Harrier [Steve Grimwade]

Holland Haven 13:30 to 14:45, Dry sunny
5 Stonechat (Near top hide slow moving to Frinton ) 10 Greylag Goose (On pond ) [Kevin Tunnicliffe]

Holland Haven 07:15 to 12:15, Selected highlights with Matt Turner
595 Dark-bellied Brent Goose 12 Common Scoter 2 Little Tern 13 Sandwich Tern Red-breasted Merganser 19 Gannet [Steve Grimwade]