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  • Dan Haywood
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      E 1 at first, later NE 2-3, 6 Oktas later 3, 7 degrees later 14.

      Morecambe Stone Jetty 0640-0830 (neapish high tide c0740);

      Common Scoter 35 ‘in’, NE
      Gannet 26 in NE
      Whimbrel 25 NE (mostly probably heading only as far as Hest Bank* see below)
      auk species 8 unidentified in NE
      Mallard 3 in NE
      Rock Pipit 2 in situ
      Dunlin 2 in NE
      Greylag Goose 2 NE
      Shelduck 2 in NE, 1 out SW
      Arctic Skua 1 in NE (probably light form)
      Common Sandpiper 1 NE
      Red-throated Diver 1 in NE
      Pink-footed Goose 1 probably unfit individual to-ing and fro-ing, then settling near jetty
      Red-breasted Merganser 1 out SW

      Sandwich Tern mostly milling around well offshore, NC

      Swallow passage 0630-1020 (various sites jetty to Teal Bay) 90 NE

      *Whimbrel; a tidal day roost on rocks off Hest Bank SD 466 669 c130 birds. Dropping tide.

      3 Common Scoter feeding Teal Bay area cSD 458 668

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