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22nd June

A White Stork (presumably a release bird) came in over the fishing boats flew over the area and then headed inland while seawatching produced 103 Mediterranean Gulls and three Manx Shearwaters.

Two Porpoise and two Grey Seals were feeding offshore.

The moth traps produced a Brown Scallop (only the second Observatory record, a Beautiful Hook-tip and the pyralids Doryrictria abietella and Palpita vitrealis of note.

Two Norfolk Hawkers were seen in the Trapping Area.

Two Mediterranean Stick-insects were found in the Observatory garden.


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