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29th Sep

With a fresh increasing to strong SW wind most of the interest was offshore with over six hours of watching producing 178 Brent Geese, six Shelduck, nine Shoveler, two Wigeon, a Pintail, two Teal, an excellent total of 263 Little Gulls, 57 Mediterranean Gulls, 30 Common Gulls, an Arctic Tern, 16 Black Terns, a Great Skua, seven Arctic Skuas, seven Sooty Shearwaters, five Balearic Shearwaters and a Manx Shearwater. Movement on the land was more or less limited to Swallows with 16,000 passing out to sea along with 85 Meadow Pipits and 30 Goldfinches. Seventy Chiffchaffs and a Lesser Whitethroat were the only noteworthy birds in the bushes.

Four Porpoises and a Grey Seal were seen offshore and a Brown Hare was seen on the land.