A Grey Seal and four Porpoise were offshore, and a Brown Hare was seen in the Desert.
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16th Aug
A mostly windy day, with the winds originating from the north-east meant seawatching was seemingly the only worthwhile thing to do for the most part. After nearly eight hours recording, birds mostly moving in an easterly direction included 19 Oystercatchers, four Ringed Plovers, a Turnstone, a Knot, two Sanderling, five Dunlin, 1097 Black-headed Gulls, three Little Gulls, 923 Mediterranean Gulls, 751 Sandwich Terns, 12 Little Terns, 882 Common Terns, a Arctic Tern, two Arctic Skuas, two Fulmars, a Balearic Shearwater (west) and 216 Gannets. The land was very quiet and hard work, with just 29 Sand Martins, a Swallow and a Yellow Wagtail flying over and only a Willow Warbler, three Reed Warblers, a Whinchat and 11 Wheatears grounded.