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24th Aug

Four Shelducks, five Shovelers, a Tufted Duck, a party of eight Avocets, a Sanderling, 200 Mediterranean Gulls, a massive count of 4,650 Sandwich Terns, 324 Common Terns, ten Black Terns, 24 Arctic Skuas and a Sooty Shearwater all passed by offshore and 35 Ringed Plovers, three Bar-tailed Godwits, five Turnstones, three juvenile Caspian Gulls and three Yellow-legged Gulls were seen on the beach.

Fairly quiet on the land although an Osprey and a Honey Buzzard provided excitement along with 120 Sand Martins and 79 Swallows overhead. Grounded migrants included 13 Willow Warblers, three Reed Warblers, an early Firecrest, a Spotted Flycatcher and a Whinchat.

Three Porpoises and a Grey Seal were seen offshore and a Grey Squirrel was seen in private gardens.

The White-winged Black Tern was still showing well on Burrowes Pit, RSPB Reserve.