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8th May

Seawatching for most of the day was productive with 123 Grey Plovers, 487 Whimbrels, 15 Knot, 11 Sanderling, ten Dunlin, 17 Little Terns, five Black Terns, six Mediterranean Gulls, ten Pomarine Skuas, 11 Arctic Skuas, two Black-throated Divers and two Manx Shearwaters of note. The cold weather saw a strong movement of Swallows with 260 along with six Sand Martins and six House Martins heading out to sea but the bushes were very quiet.

Two Porpoises and two Grey Seals were feeding offshore.