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8th Aug

A mostly quiet day, with just a small arrival of warblers across the area with 16 Willow Warblers, three Chiffchaffs, a Sedge Warbler, 20 Reed Warblers, a Garden Warbler, a good count of 32 Lesser Whitethroats which outnumbered Common Whitethroat totalling 30. A juvenile Whinchat was seen in the Desert, as were three Wheatears.  

Overhead passage was slow, but a trickle of Sand Martins heading out during the afternoon totalled 121, a couple of Yellow Wagtails followed suit and a Crossbill flew north. Offshore passage was limited, mostly to just a light trickle of Terns moving west which contained two Black Terns

On the RSPB reserve, an eclipse drake Red-crested Pochard on Burrowes Pit and a juvenile Black Tern there also, before going onto ARC. 

Two Porpoises and a Grey Seal were seen offshore.