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8th Sep

A mostly wet and windy day with most observations coming from the sea where the highlight was a first-winter Sabine's Gull along with four Wigeon, six Sanderlings, two Little Gulls, five Mediterranean Gulls, 1395 Sandwich Terns, three Little Terns, 347 Common Terns, 15 Black Terns, 53 Arctic Skuas and a  Balearic Shearwater. A juvenile Caspian Gull was seen at the fishing boats.

The bushes were generally quiet with 35 Chiffchaffs and 12 Blackcaps of note.