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13th August

With a drop in the wind there was a small arrival of migrants on the land with 40 Willow Warblers, three Sedge Warblers, seven Reed Warblers, a Garden Warbler, 45 Whitethroats and 11 Tree Pipits overhead.

The sea was very quiet with just two Mediterranean Gulls and two Yellow-legged Gulls feeding offshore and an adult Black Tern and five Arctic Skuas passing through.in the evening. 

Two Porpoises were feeding offshore.

One adult Sickle-bearing Bush-cricket and several Tree Crickets were found during a daytime search..