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26th Oct

Fresh NW winds saw a decent movement of birds overhead including 250 Stock Doves, a surprising total of nine Woodlarks, 20 Skylarks, 12 Swallows, 940 Starlings, two Fieldfares, three Grey Wagtails, three Rock Pipits, 400 Chaffinches, 22 Bramblings, eight Redpolls, a Crossbill, 50 Goldfinches and 32 Siskins. A Little Owl was an unusual sighting on the Point but other grounded migrants were limited to just nine Chiffchaffs, two Dartford Warblers and a Firecrest. Seawatching produced three Egyptian Geese, four Velvet Scoters, 190 Kittiwakes, 16 Little Gulls, eight Mediterranean Gulls, 13 Sandwich Terns, an Arctic Skua, 481 "auk sp." and 208 Gannets.

Two Porpoises, a Common Seal and two Grey Seals were feeding offshore.