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24th July

Five juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls were feeding at the Patch along with 23 Common Scoters and 120 Common Terns offshore and an evening seawatch produced 48 Mediterranean Gulls heading west. A Willow Warbler was seen in the bushes and two Yellow Wagtails and a Grey Wagtail passed overhead.

Four Porpoises and two Grey Seals were feeding offshore.

The first three Small Red-eyed Damselflies of the summer were seen at the southern end of the Long Pits.