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Apr.14th

Very quiet on the land with just three Willow Warblers, 22 Chiffchaffs, six Sedge Warblers, seven Blackcaps, six Lesser Whitethroats, a Brambling, a Redpoll and three Corn Buntings. Seawatching produced a bit of movement offshore including two Shovelers, 475 Common Scoters, eight Whimbrels, three Bar-tailed Godwits, five Little Gulls, 15 Mediterranean Gulls, a Great Skua, ten Arctic Skuas and two each of Black-throated Diver and Great Northern Diver.

A pod of six Bottle-nose Dolphins along with eight Porpoises were seen offshore and two Brown Hares were seen on the land.

The Large Tortoiseshell was still showing at the north end of the Long Pits.