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2nd Nov

Overhead passage included 1520 Stock Doves, ten Lapwings, two Snipe, four Great White Egrets, a Short-eared Owl, a Woodlark, two Swallows, a Mistle Thrush, 38 Fieldfares, a Grey Wagtail, three Rock Pipits, 80 Chaffinch, six Bramblings, 300 Goldfinches and 25 Siskins.

There was a decent spread of migrants on the ground with a Woodcock, ten Chiffchaffs, a Siberian Chiffchaff, 30 Goldcrests, nine Firecrests, 15 Redwings, 25 Blackbirds, and a Common Redpoll. Two Dartford Warblers and eight Black Redstarts were also seen. 

Wildfowl were a feature offshore with 53 Wigeon, four Teal and 237 Common Scoter west and singles of Goldeneye and Goosander east. Four Bar-tailed Godwits, two Little Gulls, 28 Mediterranean Gulls, 11 Sandwich Terns and an Arctic Skua were also of interest. 

A Grey Seal was feeding offshore.

The drake Ring-necked Duck was still at the Scotney Caravan Park Pit.