Most noteworthy among the usual suspects massed on the southern mudflat were 139 Saunders’s Gull, yawning and showing off their brilliant red gapes.
Also six Black-faced Spoonbill present- sadly their roost site has been completely bulldozed for a new development project.
Feeding frantically in the mud were up to 5000 Dunlin, a pretty sight as their flocks switched to and fro in the afternoon sunlight.