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18th Sep

A damp, breezy morning continued to provide some decent seawatching with singles of both Leach's and Storm Petrel of particular note along with 101 Kittiwakes, a Little Gull, two Mediterranean Gulls, 365 Sandwich Terns, three Black Terns, 16 Arctic Skuas, two Sooty Shearwaters, 31 Manx Shearwaters, nine Balearic Shearwaters and 471 Gannets. It was fairly quiet on the land with two Willow Warblers, 37 Chiffchaffs, a Redstart and a Whinchat about the best on offer.

Three Porpoises and two Grey Seals were feeding offshore and a Brown Hare was seen on the land.

A large Common Toad was seen iin the trapping area.

Elsewhere, the adult American Golden Plover was still with the Golden Plovers at Jury's Gap.