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28th Mar

A mainly bright and sunny morning with a fresh SW breeze. The morning seawatch produced 599 Brent Geese, 211 Common Scoters, six Red-breasted Mergansers, 61 Sandwich Terns, 155 Kittiwakes, eight Mediterranean Gulls, an Arctic Skua, 48 Red-throated Divers and also two Little Egrets which flew west of note. Nine Chiffchaffs, a Blackcap, three Black Redstarts and a Wheatear were the only birds of note on the land.

Five Porpoises were seen offshore.