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19th Apr

Strong north-east winds resulted in some excellent seawatching but very little on the land. Over 13.5hrs of seawatching resulted in some huge numbers of waders but surprisingly very little else. The highlights were 142 Grey Plovers, 596 Whimbrels, 2688 Bar-tailed Godwits and 546 Sandwich Terns. Other bits and pieces included 16 Shovelers, seven Teal, a Velvet Scoter, a Black-tailed Godwit, 27 Arctic Terns, eight Little Gulls, eight Mediterranean Gulls and 11 Arctic Skuas. A Hobby, ten Swallows and two Yellow Wagtails also came in.

Eight Porpoises and two Grey Seals were feeding offshore.