Eighteen different waders included plum views of Little Stint and Curlew Sandpiper at Inner Marsh Farm and a spectacular high tide show by thousands of Knot, Dunlin and handsome Grey Plovers at Marshside, where we also had the unusual combination of both Hobby and Merlin. Among the six other raptors seen were Marsh and Hen Harriers and a Peregrine, which spooked thousands of Greylags and a single Snow Goose into a skyward explosion. Sea watching produced Red-throated Diver, Manx Shearwater and Guillemot, while other stars included a superb posing Water Rail and some very cute little Red Squirrels.