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11th Aug

A quiet day in the recording area, with just a trickle of birds on the land and overhead. In the bushes, a slight improvement in the number of birds from the previous day, as 17 Willow Warblers, three Chiffchaffs, 35 Reed Warblers, a Garden Warbler, 21 Lesser Whitethroats, 56 Whitethroats, a Redstart, a Whinchat, 30 Stonechats and 14 Wheatears were seen. There was a light passage of hirundines during the day, with 83 Sand Martins and 87 Swallows passing through, also 12 Yellow Wagtails flew over. A juvenile Yellow-legged Gull was at the Fishing Boats again. 

A couple of Brown Hares and 15 Hummingbird Hawkmoths were noted, but it was generally slow on the non-bird front too.