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12th May

It remains very slow-going on the land with just five Buzzards and 57 Corn Buntings of interest. Seawatching throughout the day produced just three Pintail, two Eiders, three Velvet Scoters, 483 Common Scoters, six Grey Plover, 101 Sanderling, three Little Terns, six Black Terns, five Arctic Skuas, two Pomarine Skuas, a Black-throated Diver, a Manx Shearwater and two Little Egrets.

Ten Porpoise and two Grey Seals were feeding offshore and a Brown Hare was seen on the land.

Ten Variable Damselflies and a Norfolk Hawker were seen at the Long Pits.