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15th Nov

A bright sunny day after some low-level fog. There were a few birds in the bushes including a Woodcock, six Chiffchaffs, seven Firecrests and 60 Goldcrests and a Bullfinch. Birds passing overhead included 88 Stock Doves and 83 Wood Pigeons, two Golden Plovers, 15 Redpolls and six Siskins, Seawatching produced 55 Brent Geese, four Gadwall, 80 Wigeon, three Pintail, three Teal, 47 Common Scoter, 233 Kittiwakes, seven Mediterranean Gulls, ten Sandwich Terns and an Arctic Skua

Twenty Porpoises and a Grey Seal were seen offshore.

The moth trap produced another three Palpita vitrealis and two Gems.