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Saturday 22 October 2011

Slapton Ley&Slapton Sands

From 10 am to 4 pm. Strong wind, cloudy sky.
Slapton Ley: 30 Gadwall, 15 Great Crested Grebe, over 2000 gulls (mostly GBBG on the lake amongst them 1 ad Common Gull, 5 singing Cetti's Warbler...
Slapton Sands: 3 Sandwich Tern, 2 indet. skua were chasing Kittiwakes far from the shore, 15 Kittiwake, 4 Razorbill, 1 Common Gull, 1 Weathear, 30 Gannet, 15 Shag, 5 Barn Swallow...
The human disturbance was very high on the shore so I couldn't read any ringed gulls.