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25th Oct

A quiet day on the land with 418 Stock Doves, six Skylarks, 13 Swallows, a Fieldfare, three Rock Pipits, five Bramblings, 22 Redpolls, five Crossbills, 35 Goldfinches, 58 Siskins and seven Reed Buntings flying over and three Bearded Tits dropping into the Trapping Area. A Yellow-browed Warbler and a Dartford Warbler were still present while other grounded migrants included just 22 Chiffchaffs, two Firecrests and 12 Goldcrests.  A steady, mainly westerly, movement of birds  offshore included 171 Brent Geese, 336 Kittiwakes, 23 Little Gulls, 18 Mediterranean Gulls, nine Sandwich Terns, three Arctic Skuas, 842 Razorbills, 1174 "auk sp." and 217 Gannets

Six Porpoises and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore.