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9th May

It remains very quiet on the land but sewatching continues with another 13.5hrs recorded and producing two Shoveler, two Gadwalls, two Eiders, 167 Grey Plovers, 56 Whimbrels, 103 Sanderlings, 28 Redshank, 1005 Black-headed Gulls, 42 Mediterranean Gulls, six Arctic Skuas, 13 Pomarine Skuas, a Great Skua and two Little Egrets

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

Nine Grizzled Skippers, ten Brown Argus and 40 Common Blues were seen.

A party of three Temminck's Stints were feeding around the pools at Boulderwall Farm on the RSPB Reserve.