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15th Apr

There was a small arrival of migrants and included eight Willow Warblers, 11 Blackcaps, a Firecrest, a Ring Ouzel, nine Song Thrushes, a Mistle Thrush, a Nightingale, two Redstarts, a Yellow Wagtail, a Tree Pipit and a Corn Bunting. There was a trickle of birds passing east with nine Velvet Scoters, eight Whimbrel, a Little Gull, four Arctic Skuas and a Shag in six hours of watching.

Six Porpoises and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore.

A Paper Wasp Polistes biglumis was found in front of the Observatory. This species was only added to the British list in 2022 when they were found breeding at Samphire Hoe. 

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