Good morning 07.00-11.00 with Mat Ridley across high tide (07.30).  Highlights were:

Red-breasted Merganser, 1 f. (only my fourth here)
Little Stint, 1   (somewhat unseasonal)
Spoonbill, 3 imm. feeding very close to the hide belw the Tower Hide
[Water Rail, 1 heard only below the Tower Hide]

Large numbers of waders with a conservative12,000+ Dunlin and 1,000 Knot on the Fenning;

Also:
Oystercatcher, 67  
Avocet, 5  
Grey Plover, 171  
Golden Plover, c.100  
Lapwing, 46  
Curlew, c.500  
Bar-tailed Godwit, 10  
Turnstone, 10
Redshank, c.150  
Shelduck, c.70  
Shoveler, 5 m, 4 f.
Wigeon, c.130  
Mallard, 2 m, 2 f.
Pintail, 1 m.
Teal, c.10
Little Grebe, 1  
Common Gull, 2
Marsh Harrier, 1 imm.
Peregrine, 1
Chiffchaff, 1  
Cetti’s Warbler, 1  
Redwing, c.30  
Fieldfare, c.30  
Goldcrest, 1