Another cold, windy and wet day with not a great deal to be seen in the miserable conditions. The best the sea could offer was five Pintail heading east.
Three Porpoises were feeding offshore.
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26th Feb
A cold, breezy and fairly unpleasant day with most of the coverage limited to seawatching where a two-hour watch produced nine Teal, two Dunlin, 19 Kittiwakes, 32 Common Gulls, 242 Guillemots, 1037 Gannets and 18 Red-throated Divers heading east.
Six Porpoise and two Grey Seals were feeding offshore.
25th Feb
A two-hour seawatch this morning produced three Red-breasted Mergansers and a Mediterranean Gull flying west and 42 Red-throated Divers and 396 Gannets flying east. Several Mediterranean Gulls were also seen off the fishing boats during the day and 240 Great Crested Grebe were feeding offshore. A Dartford Warbler, a Firecrest and seven Stonechats were of note on the land.
A Grey Seal was seen on the beach.
24th Feb
Heavy frost this morning and then calm and cloudy for much of the day. A Woodcock, a Chiffchaff, two Dartford Warblers, a Firecrest, nine Stonechats and a Fieldfare were seen in the bushes. Very quiet offshore although 390 Great Crested Grebes feeding offshore and 12 Dunlin flew east were of interest.
Seven Porpoises were feeding offshore.
22nd Feb
There were signs of a bit of movement today. On the land two Wood Larks were of note along with a Golden Plover, a Firecrest, a Chiffchaff and a Dartford Warbler. There was very little moving offshore so a Red-necked Grebe sat on the sea with the Great Crested Grebes was a nice surprise.
Two Porpoises were seen.
18th Feb
Another quiet day offshore with 170 Brent Geese, a Sandwich Tern and 221 Gannets moving east, three Shovelers passing west and another brief-stopping Caspian Gull at the Point. A Woodcock was seen at the Long Pits.
Two Porpoises were feeding offshore and a Brown Hare was seen near the Lifeboat Station.
17th Feb
A quiet seawatch this morning produced just two Gadwall west and a Mediterranean Gull and 116 Red-throated Divers east. A first-winter Caspian Gull dropped in briefly in a small roost of gulls at the Point. A Dartford Warbler was seen in a private garden.
Two Porpoises were seen offshore.
6th Feb
A search of the land produced two Jack Snipe at the Long Pits, a Redshank overhead and a Dartford Warbler in the bushes to the south of the Trapping Area. The sea was quiet except for a total of 305 Red-throated Divers east in an hour this morning along with a Mediterranean Gull.
Three Porpoises were feeding offshore.
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