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Friday 29th July 2011

Weather consisted of a gentle northerly wind and complete cloud cover, by late morning it was flat calm. Migrants seen passing through were 4 Oystercatcher, 1 Curlew, 1 Greenshank, 3 Common Tern, 7 Sandwich Tern, 111 Swift, 25 Swallow and 8 House Martin. Grounded migrants found were 10 Willow Warbler and 1 Reed Warbler. 1 adult Med Gull was present. 25 birds ringed today; 7 Willow Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Common Whitethroat, 1 Dunnock, 1 Robin, 1 Great Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Collared Dove, 5 Greenfinch, 5 Linnet and 1 Wren. A Migrant Hawker Dragonfly was recorded. 2 Harbour Porpoise were seen offshore.