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14th Aug

A slower day for grounded migrants, with only seven birds ringed in the first four hours of the day in seemingly good conditions! However, the Cuckoo was still touring the Point otherwise just 14 Willow Warblers, a Sedge Warbler, seven Reed Warblers, a Garden Warbler, two Redstarts, two Whinchats, seven Wheatears and a Tree Pipit were logged. Passage over land in the morning consisted of a Grey Heron, 160 Sand Martins, 40 Swallows and six Yellow Wagtails. At the latter stages of the day, a large number of Sand Martins descended onto the Point and 520 were counted feeding. A morning seawatch showed passage over the sea had slightly improved, the best being 177 'commic' Terns past, moving mostly west. 

Three Porpoises were logged feeding offshore while a Clouded Yellow butterfly and five Hummingbird Hawkmoths were seen on the land.