Ness Point, Lowestoft.

A bright day with a south east light breeze. Heat haze increasing but visibility fairly good.

Best bird of day was a RED-BREASTED-MERGANSER flying low over the water and heading south. This was against much of the flow of bird which in main where CORMORANT with numbers in excess of 300+ flying north after feeding on North Holm bank with RED-THROATED-DIVER whose numbers where not much lower than the previous. Also a few AUK unidentified. GANNET movement was North as well with numbers around 130. But only one young bird. Also flying North was a flock of 10 COMMON SCOTER. ROCK PIPIT called and seen flying through.  The getting ready to leave PURPLE SANDPIPERS where resting up with 7 birds.