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7th Oct

A disappointing day. Seawatching produced two Balearic Shearwaters of note along with 22 Mediterranean Gulls, two Arctic Terns, five Arctic Skuas and 229 Gannets. There was a steady trickle of birds passing overhead including a Great White Egret, nine Skylarks, 340 Swallows, two Yellow Wagtails, a Grey Wagtail, 120 Meadow Pipits, a Tree Pipit, 28 Goldfinches three Siskins and six Reed Buntings. Migrants in the bushes remain few in number with just 20 Chiffchaffs, six Blackcaps, a Dartford Warbler, a Firecrest, three Goldcrests, a Whinchat and three Wheatears

Two Porpoises and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore.