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9th Feb

A day which started with near unbirdable conditions and then got progressively worst as Storm Ciara arrived bringing 70+ mph winds and heavy rain with it. A couple of hardy souls saw the best birds of the day in the form of a Pochard and a drake Goosander passing offshore but there was little else to be seen other than a westerly trickle of Kittiwakes and a a Great Skua.
The seawatch hide looked to be in serious danger of being blown away but hopefully some hastily concocted measures will have saved it.
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8th Feb

Seawatching this morning produced four Teal, a party of four Scaup passing west, four Fulmars, 231 Gannets, a second-winter Mediterranean Gull and an early (or wintering?) Sandwich Tern lingering offshore.
Six Long-tailed Tits were around the feeding station again but there was little else to be seen on the land.

 Elsewhere, 41 Bewick's Swans were still feeding near Midley and four Long-tailed Ducks were seen at Scotney again. Six Great White Egrets came in to roost at ARC this evening.

 By late evening the wind was strengthening rapidly and tomorrow looks set to be a pretty horrendous day of severe winds and heavy rain.
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7th Feb

With a fresh south by south-east wind blowing there was a decent bit of movement offshore with 350 Brent Geese, 15 Wigeon, 102 Common Scoters, a Velvet Scoter (west), 146 Red-throated Divers, eight Fulmars, 343 Gannets, 184 Kittiwakes and 3900 auks.
Very quiet in the bushes.

 A Porpoise was feeding offshore.
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6th Feb

A Jack Snipe was seen again at the Long Pits along with a female Pheasant and six Long-tailed Tits were visiting the feeders. Quiet offshore.

 A Common Seal and a Porpoise were feeding offshore.
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5th Feb

A Firecrest was seen in the Moat and eight Long-tailed Tits were seen in the trapping area. At least 70 Pied Wagtails came in to roost on the power station this evening..

 A Common Seal and a Porpoise were feeding offshore.
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4th Feb

A bright, sunny morning. A visit to the feeding station produced six Long-tailed Tits. It was quiet offshore except for 393 Kittiwakes passing west in an hour this morning.

 Three Brown Hares were seen. 
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3rd Feb

Good numbers of auks offshore again with 1051 birds in 1.75 hours but mostly too distant for a positive identification. A flock of Knot also flew west along with 106 Red-throated Divers, 149 Gannets, 348 Kittiwakes and 400 Common Gulls. 
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2nd Feb

Even quieter offshore today with a 90 minute watch this morning producing just four Fulmars, 218 Gannets, 56 Kittiwakes and 123 Razorbills of note.
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1st Feb

More limited coverage with just 114 Kittiwakes, a Mediterranean Gull and 254 Razorbills of note from a one hour seawatch this morning.

 A Porpoise and a Grey Seal were also feeding offshore.
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31st Jan

Limited coverage today 3.5hrs of seawatching during the day produced 27 Brent Geese, 23 Wigeon, 13 Fulmars and 1375 Razorbills of note. 
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