With a gale force west wind this morning, I spent a few hours seawatching until 10am. Birds noted included 1 Brent Goose, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Turnstone, 1 Arctic Skua, 11 Little Gull, 106 Black headed Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull, c40 Herring Gull, 2 Great Black backed Gull, 1 Arctic Tern, 23 'Commic' Tern, 10 Sandwich Tern, 5 Gannet, 28 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Peregrine, 2 Swallow, 6 House Sparrow and 1 Meadow Pipit. I had brief views of a probable Merlin but as soon as I got on to it, it dived behind the houses and wasn't seen again. As this would be a new species for the patch, I'd rather wait to get better views.
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