Not much, but a bit different

A steady west wind all day, high cloud with the occasional glimpse of the sun in the morning, overcast all afternoon.

I only had time for a high tide check of the saltmarsh area today (MD)

Wigeon c140 out from the saltmarsh 

Red-breasted Merganser 3 ( pair plus 1 male flying around)

Rock Pipit 3 (2 together + 1)

Reed Bunting 1

Common Snipe 4

Jack Snipe 1 - flushed as I walked around the saltmarsh edge. Quite a bonus really as high water today only covered half the marsh. I managed my usual soft focus silhouettes, although perhaps slightly better than average.

Jack Snipe

I continued along the east shore as far as the faux castle (the edge of the recording area)

Shelduck - just one 

Curlew 13 (one flock)

Grey Plover 2

Ringed Plover 8

Turnstone 2

Dunlin 1

Oystercatcher - just a few on the saltmarsh 

Redshank - none at all, this is unusual for here, there is normally a reasonable sized roost.

Grey Plover about to land

I like this shot, I managed to get all of today's Grey Plover, Dunlin 
and Shelduck on one frame.

Similarly, these are all of today's Turnstone and Ringed Plover
Not sure what is wrong with the bottom bird, but it was struggling to keep up

Tomorrow's wind is looking promising, unfortunately I'll not have a chance to check anywhere, till later in the day.