A timely first visit to the patch this morning resulted in two good year ticks in the form of a Goosander flying west close inshore and a Bonxie moving east. 

Great Skua - 1e
Goosander - 1w
Mediterranean Gull - 10
Grey Plover - c.120
Sanderling - c.90
Turnstone - c.75
Oystercatcher - 30
Ringed Plover - 2
Skylark - 9
Meadow Pipit - 2
Stonechat - 2
Goldcrest - 1

Grey Plover West Beach 

Wall breached along Mill road

Start of a new habitat perhaps