Manxies

Waking up to heavy rain, I took the opportunity of being stuck at home to finally do the paperwork involved with Nightingale survey. The final tally was 22 singing males in one tetrad and 4 in the other.

Black Tern over The Patch

Mid morning the rain eased and made my to Dungeness. At the south end of the ARC Pit 2 Dunlin, 2 Redshank, 2 Ringed Plover, an Oystercatcher sitting on its nest very close to where the Lapwings nest was predated. Also c300 Swifts, c50 Swallows, c10 House Martins, 2 Sand martins hawking over the ARC Pit, New Diggings and The Point.
In 2.75 hours watch from the fishing boats and from the sea watch hide 11.45-14.30 with DB.
Manx Shearwater: 58W   2E
Fulmar: 9W
Gannet: c200  milling around off shore
Common Scoter: 2W
Sanderling: 5E
Sandwich Tern: c25 off shore
Common Tern: c200 off shore
Black Tern: 1 at The Patch
Guillemot: 1E
Auk sp.: 13W
Kittiwake: 2W