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7th Apr

Over ten hours of seawatching in the continuing fresh NE winds produced 311 Brent Geese, four Garganey, 24 Shovelers, 11 Teal, ten Velvet Scoters, 559 Common Scoters, seven Eiders, 13 Red-breasted Mergansers, five Grey Plover, 24 Curlews, 21 Dunlin, 27 Little Gulls, 13 Mediterranean Gulls, 490 Sandwich Terns, three Little Terns, 27 Arctic Terns, two Arctic Skuas, 82 Red-throated Divers, a Black-throated Diver, a Great Northern Diver and  a Little Egret. A male Hen Harrier was also seen. 

A trickle of birds on the land included a Red Kite, 17 Swallows, 14 Chiffchaffs, two Blackcaps, four Yellow Wagtails, two White Wagtails and a Brambling,

Six Porpoises and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore.