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29th Aug

A day of strong to gale-force winds and frequent downpours. Nearly all the coverage was seawatching with 12 hours of coverage producing 38 Black Terns, 1309 Common Terns, 4688 Sandwich Terns, 11 Mediterranean Gulls, a juvenile Caspian Gull, two Yellow-legged Gulls, 48 Arctic Skuas, three Great Skuas, two Sooty Shearwaters, four Manx Shearwaters and 30 Balearic Shearwaters. The Dartford Warbler was in the Moat again.

Four Porpoises and two Grey Seals were feeding offshore.