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6th Oct

With a strong SSE wind blowing there was hope for the sea but it wasn't that productive with five hours of watching revealing just 16 Teal, a Little Gull, 14 Mediterranean Gulls, 215 Sandwich Terns, 81 Common Terns, three Arctic Terns, three Black Terns, 12 Arctic Skuas and 538 Gannets. A second-winter Caspian Gull and an adult Yellow-legged Gull were in a small roost of gulls on the beach. Birds passing overhead included 14 Skylarks, 3200 Swallows, 230 House Martins, three Grey Wagtails, 100 Meadow Pipits, three Redpolls, 15 Goldfinches, a Siskin and seven Reed Buntings. Grounded migrants were fairly few and far between with just 20 Chiffchaffs, four Firecrests, three Goldcrests, a Whinchat and seven Wheatears of note.

Three Porpoises and Brown Hare leveret were seen.

Elsewhere, a Yellow-browed Warbler was seen at the Pines at ARC.