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31st Dec

Still plenty of birds feeding offshore and including an adult Caspian Gull and nine Mediterranean Gulls. A Jack Snipe was flushed from the track to the Long Pits.
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30th Dec

A nice day but not a great deal to report. Three Mediterranean Gulls were feeding offshore along with large numbers of Red-throated Divers, Great Crested Grebes and Guillemots. Two Firecrests were seen in the Moat and a Raven flew over the area.
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29th Dec

There were plenty of birds offshore again with many moving east this morning and then feeding offshore in the afternoon. Of note were 109 Brent Geese, 15 Wigeon, three Red-breasted Mergansers, 600 Red-throated Divers, five Mediterranean Gulls and 2900 Guillemots, A flock of 58 Turnstones were roosting on the beach.

 A Brown Hare was seen at the entrance to the estate and single Common and Grey Seals were feeding offshore.
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28th Dec

There was a decent, mainly easterly, movement of birds offshore this morning including 422 Brent Geese, 54 Wigeon, three Velvet Scoters, 42 Red-breasted Mergansers (west), 695 Red-throated Divers, a Little Gull, eight Mediterranean Gulls, 867 Guillemots and 933 auks.

 Two Porpoises and a Grey Seal were seen.
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27th Dec

Very quiet in miserable weather with a Mediterranean Gull and a first-winter Caspian Gull being the highlights.
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26th Dec

The feeding station is even more awash, wellies are a necessity. An unexpected visitor to the peanuts this morning was a Great Spotted Woodpecker which flushed off the cloud of Great and Blue Tits that were enjoying the nuts.

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25th Dec

The morning seawatch produced five Wigeon, two Velvet Scoters, 152 Red-throated Divers and eight Mediterranean Gulls of note.

 A Porpoise was also feeding offshore.
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24th Dec

An hour seawatch this morning produced two Red-breasted Mergansers, seven Fulmars, 118 Gannets and 293 Guillemots of note.
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23rd Dec

An hour seawatch this morning produced four Fulmars, 280 Guillemots and 204 auk species. Very quiet on the land with just a Raven on one of the pylons of interest.
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22nd Dec

A much better day after another wet and windy night. A 90 minute seawatch this morning saw 208 Red-throated Divers, 269 Gannets and 780 auks fly west. In the evening over 200 Kittiwakes were gathered offshore.

 Singles of Porpoise, Grey Seal and Common Seal were seen.
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