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The weather consisted of light north-west winds at dawn, which strengthened to force six north-north-westerlies. by the middle of the day before ameliorating once again. Seawatching highlights included a Shoveler, 101 Wigeon, 13 Pintail, a Velvet Scoter, one Great Northern Diver, a Storm Petrel, 12 Sooty Shearwaters, three Bar-tailed Godwits, 20 Snipe, one Red-necked Phalarope and four Arctic Terns flying north. Birds heading south included four Eider, a Little Egret, 53 Red-throated Divers, a Leach’s Petrel, 27 Bonxies, a Pomarine Skua, 38 Arctic Skuas and two Snow Buntings.
Elsewhere, five Whooper Swans flew south over the headland and the Pied Crow remained in the village.
