Weather: W force 5/6
A seawatch today did not produce large counts but there was more variety than of late with records of 7 Manx Shearwater, 2 Kittiwakes, an Arctic Skua, 44 Gannets, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 16 Common Scoter and 3 Red-breasted Merganser that went west passed the north end. On the reef south of Middle were 110 Ringed Plover and 60 Dunlin. As it is mid-summer a count of only 220 Oystercatcher was about normal.
Land birds around the island were 5 Rock and 5 Meadow Pipits, 3 Blackbirds, a pair of Pied Wagtails and a Goldfinch.
The regular female Eider was here together with 2 Grey Herons and 6 Little Egrets.
There was evidence again of the presence of the fox.
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