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Tuesday 7th October 2014

A wet start before becoming sunny but windy. Offshore good numbers of wildfowl headed south including 1500+ Brent, 154 Wigeon, 19 Teal, 7 Pintail and 5 Shelduck, while 5 Gannet and a Great Skua flew north. Other birds of note were a handful of new Robins in, 2 Blackcap and a Firecrest in the bushes, 4 Wheatear were on the reserve and a Rock Pipit flew south.

10 Birds ringed; 5 Robin, 1 Wren, 1 Blackbird, 1 Blackcap, 1 Firecrest, 1 Song Thrush.