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17th August

Most of the interest was offshore again with 5.5hrs of seawatching producing a Balearic Shearwater, 271 Gannets, a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull, a juvenile Caspian Gull, 257 Sandwich Terns, two Little Terns, eight Arctic Terns, two Arctic Skuas and a Great Skua.

A Porpoise and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore.

A male Small Red-eyed Damselfly and a Wasp Spider were seen in front of the Observatory.