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18th Apr

A Red Kite flew over the area in the morning but it was otherwise very quiet on the land. A full days seawatching produced a few notable birds including two Velvet Scoters, a Long-tailed Duck, 15 Arctic Skuas, two Pomarine Skuas, five Great Skuas and three Black-throated Divers while numbers were provided by 737 Common Scoters, 78 Whimbrel, 628 Bar-tailed Godwits, four Little Terns, 85 Arctic Terns, 162 Common Terns, 429 Sandwich Terns, six Little Gulls and 86 Mediterranean Gulls.

Seven Porpoise and two Grey Seals were feeding offshore.

A Grizzled Skipper was also seen.,