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12th Apr

Seawatching was the order of the day with 52 Brent Geese, two Velvet Scoters, 195 Common Scoters, 27 Mediterranean Gulls, six Arctic Skuas, a Great Skua, 245 Sandwich Tern, five Common Tern and 17 Manx Shearwaters in six hours of coverage. Thirty-three Swallows and a Grey Wagtail arrived and 14 Willow Warblers, 13 Chiffchaffs, eight Blackcaps, seven Lesser Whitethroat and two Firecrests were seen in the bushes. 

The Large Tortoiseshell was seen again at the Long Pits.