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28th December

A strong southerly wind was blowing and resulted in an excellent seawatch with three hours of observing producing 408 Brent Goose east, 122 Wigeon, four Teal, 15 Pintail, and two Great Northern Divers, ten Sooty Shearwaters, four Great Skuas, 223 Kittiwakes, 47 Mediterranean Gulls and a Sandwich Tern passing west.
Two first-winter Caspian Gulls were seen again.

A flock of 14 Siskin flew out to sea.
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27th December

Three Velvet Scoters and 399 Guillemots flew west offshore and two first-winter Caspian Gulls were seen on the beach.
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26th December

Singles of Velvet Scoter and Great Skua flew west and the regular first-winter Caspian Gull was still present.
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25th December

A Sooty Shearwater passing west was the highlight of the day. 
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24th December

Seawatching produced six Pintail and a Great Skua passing west.

The first-winter Caspian Gull was still present along with an adult Yellow-legged Gull.
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23rd December

A bright and sunny, but still windy, day produced an early morning movement of Red-throated Divers, Gannets, Kittiwakes and Guillemots and the first-winter Caspian Gull was still present.

Two Firecrests were seen in the trapping area.

A Grey Seal was also seen.

 A couple of Eristalis tenax took advantage of the warm sunshine to visit the winter jasmine flowers.
Eristalis tenax

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22nd December

Another very windy and frequently wet day restricted observations to sea and gull watching. Two Caspian Gulls were seen with a new second-winter bird and the regular first-winter bird still present.


Offshore there was a steady passage of Gannets and Kittiwakes, a few Fulmars and two Great Skuas west but Brent Geese continue to think it is spring with another 210 birds in small flocks moving east during the day.
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21st December

A very windy, and eventually wet day made observations difficult. A couple of looks at the sea were uninspiring and despite several searches at the Point there was no sign of any Caspian Gulls.
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20th December

An adult and the regular first-winter Caspian Gull were seen around the Point again.
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19th December

Three first-winter Caspian Gulls and a Yellow-legged Gull were seen around the Point and a few Razorbills and Guillemots were passing westwards offshore.

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