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4th Apr

Very few birds on the land but they did include an unringed White Stork which flew in from the west and eventually headed north. A Merlin, ten Chiffchaffs, three Black Redstarts, six Wheatears, a Blue-headed Wagtail, a Yellow Wagtail, a Grey Wagtail, 74 Chaffinches and a Siskin were also seen.

Nearly five hours of seawatching was fairly productive with 226 Brent Geese, nine Shoveler, 11 Pintail, 196 Common Scoters, four Red-breasted Mergansers, two Whimbrel, 405 Sandwich Terns, five Little Gulls, six Mediterranean Gulls, an Arctic Skua, a Black-throated Diver and three Little Egrets.

Fifteen Porpoise and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore.