300 Golden Plovers and 80 Lapwings at the coast. No sign of the elusive Snow Bunting or the elusive Great Grey Shrike. I use the term "elusive" to convey to my fellow birders the impression that both birds are "difficult" and "challenging" and that this is the reason I didn't find either this morning. In fact, as far as I am aware, the bunting hangs around in the car park and is very approachable. While the shrike has been seen very close to the main entrance on a few occasions, where presumably it sits motionless for long periods in small dead trees that are bereft of their needles.