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Monday, May 04, 2009

BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Single Pomarine Skua (1st of yr) & Great Skua east during a 1-hr seawatch (10.18-11.18 am, wind f.4-5 SW); also 39 Manx Shearwaters W (+ 15 feeding), 24 Gannets W (3 E), 4 Fulmars W, 9 Kittiwakes W (3 E), 16 Sandwich Terns W & 24 large auks W (17 Razorbill, 1 Guillemot). Landbirds included 5 Swifts (mainly W) & 2 Wheatears (PMW); also 15 Whimbrel in fields.

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