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14th Apr

There was a small arrival of birds on the land with 30 Willow Warblers, ten Chiffchaffs, a Firecrest and a Redstart of interest. A Great White Egret and a Little Egret were also seen at the top of the recording area. Seawatching was fairly quiet but eight hours of watching eventually produced 412 Common Scoters, 26 Whimbrels, seven Little Gulls, 17 Mediterranean Gulls, 401 Sandwich Terns, four Little Terns, the first Black Tern of the year, two Great Skuas and 11 Arctic Skuas

Eighteen Porpoises and two Grey Seals were feeding offshore and a Brown Hare was seen on  the land.

A Grizzled Skipper was seen at the Long Pits.