Saturday & Sunday 29th & 30th March. Enjoyable, busy
seawatches with Simon, Matt & other Spalsh Point regulars, although nothing
particularly out of the ordinary was seen. Both days the wind started a bit
north of east and ended up a bit south of east although was never strong.
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29 March 2014 06:25-13:05 GMT
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30 March 2014 07:25-13:35 BST
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diver sp.
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1E ?Blk-thr
(big foot)
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Red-throated Diver
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39E:2o/s
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109E
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Black-necked Grebe
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3 o/s
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Great Crested Grebe
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3E
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1 o/s
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Fulmar
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50+
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50+
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Gannet
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59E
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10E
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Little Egret
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1E
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Brent Goose
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221E
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532E
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Barnacle Goose
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1E
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Canada Goose
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8E
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Shelduck
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7E
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Mallard
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2E
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Gadwall
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?2E
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Teal
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11E
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13E
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Shoveler
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22E
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4E
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Pintail
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4E
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2E
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Eider
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4E
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Common Scoter
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725E
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772E
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Red-breasted Merg
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25E
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19E
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Oystercatcher
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2E
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1E
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Grey Plover
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3E
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Dunlin
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1E
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3E
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Curlew
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10E
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20E
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Whimbrel
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2E
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Bar-tailed Godwit
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1E
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Redshank
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4E
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Arctic Skua
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5E
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1E
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Mediterranean Gull
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17E
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Little Gull
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53E
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16E
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Black-headed Gull
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few
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169E
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Common Gull
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12E
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47E
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Kittiwake
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250+
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200+
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Sandwich Tern
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105E
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96E
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auk sp.
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2E
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1E
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Rock Pipit
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1
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Chiffchaff
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1
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Also on 30th, singing male Stonechat at Newhaven
Tidemills and 2 Little Egrets on the Adur
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| Stonechat at the Tidemills |
Monday 24-Friday 28 March. Cycling to and from work 1-2 Peregrines on or around Southwick Power Station chimney most days and a/the juvenile/first-winter Glaucous Gull on a warehouse roof NW of the lock-gates.
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