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26th Aug

Seawatching improved a bit today with over 6.5 hours of coverage producing 602 Sandwich Terns, a Black Tern, four Arctic Skuas, singles of Sooty and Manx Shearwaters and three Balearic Shearwaters. An Osprey and 400 Sand Martins were of note on the land. 

Two Porpoises and a Grey Seal were seen offshore.

A night walk for rare orthopters proved very successful with 31 male Large Coneheads heard singing in the Trapping Area along with 12 Sickle-bearing Bush-crickets and hundreds of Tree Crickets.

A Lesser Emperor was seen in the Trapping Area during the afternoon