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12th Apr

Seawatching continues to provide plenty of interest and produced the days highlight in the form of a drake Surf Scoter which passed by with in a small flock of Common Scoters. Other quality birds on the seawatch included 35 Shovelers, a Gadwall, a Velvet Scoter, 12 Red-breasted Mergansers, 154 Little Gulls, seven Mediterranean Gulls and singles of Great Skua, Black-throated and Great Northern Divers while numbers included 1098 Brent Geese, 1586 Common Scoters, 75 Whimbrel, 48 Curlew, 67 Bar-tailed Godwits, 263 Sandwich Terns and 42 Arctic Terns, Also of note was a Serin which flew east along the beach. There was a small arrival of birds on the land with 13 Willow Warblers and nine Chiffchaffs of note.

Four Porpoises and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore.  

Also of note from around the Point was a superb Black-winged Stilt at Hayfied 1 on the RSPB Reserve.