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23rd Oct

Gale force SE winds meant another day of mainly seawatching which produced 11 Wigeon, 41 Little Gulls, 93 Kittiwakes, a Pomarine and two Great Skuas, ten Leach's Petrels, four Sooty Shearwaters and a Manx Shearwater in 5.5hours of coverage. A first-year Caspian Gull and two Yellow-legged Gulls were roosting on the beach and a Hen Harrier flew out to sea.

A Woodcock, a Barn Owl, eight Chiffchaffs, a Dartford Warbler and 11 Goldcrests were seen in the bushes while a Rock Pipit and five Siskins flew over.

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