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7th May

It remains very quiet on the land with just six Buzzards, 40 Swallows, three Willow Warblers, a Ring Ouzel, eight Yellow Wagtails and two Siskins of any note. The sea was also slow-going with nearly six hours of watching producing just a single Velvet Scoter, 22 Whimbrel, 12 Sanderling, three Mediterranean Gulls, 11 Little Terns, three Great Skuas and an Arctic Skua.

At least eight Porpoises and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore and a Brown Hare was seen on the land.

The bird of the day was seen on the RSPB Reserve when a drake Ring-necked Duck was found on Burrowes Pit.

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