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29th Oct

The wind backed into the SW overnight and encouraged a day long movement of birds offshore with a Grey Phalarope, three Little Auks and a Leach's Petrel being the highlights. Numbers were provided by 1529 Kittiwakes, 16 Mediterranean Gulls, 61 Little Gulls and 3332 Razorbills while other notable birds included 16 Shelducks, 11 Pintails, two Red-breasted Mergansers, two Arctic Terns, six Arctic Skuas, four Great Skuas, two Sooty Shearwater and 245 Gannets. In addition, 37 Skylarks, 3757 Starlings and three Rock Pipits arrived but the bushes were almost devoid of any migrants.

Two Porpoises and two Grey Seals were feeding offshore.

Tuna were seen breaching on a couple of occasions.