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Sunday 6th August 2023

Windy morning making birding difficult. Offshore southbound 42 Sandwich Tern, 26 Common Tern, 13 Black-headed Gull, 7 Swallow, 5 Common Gull, 5 Cormorant, 4 Arctic Tern, 4 Oyk, 2 Golden Plover, Curlew, Grey Plover & Redshank with northbound 3 Golden Plover, 2 Oyk & 2 Sandwich Tern plus 3 Swift in off the sea. On site a few migrants noted including 6 Willow Warbler, 3 Lesser 'throat, Blackcap, Common Sand, Redstart, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler & Whitethroat.

After the gale & yesterday's prolonged deluge very few moths although "biggies" like Oak Eggar can still blunder around regardless of the inclement conditions.

Ringing: 1 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler.