Another Glorious day at Dungeness

90 minutes from the seawatch hide with AJG this morning produced c300 Commic Terns, 7 Black Terns, 2 Little Gulls, 4 Wigeon and 2 Teal west. A few Gannets fishing  offshore, 2 Harbour Porpoises and the bull Grey Seal. 

Reed Warbler in The Moat

A walk AJG around The Moat, West Beach, Lloyds, The Lighthouse, The Desert and south end of the trapping area found:

Hobby: 1

Sparrowhawk: 4

Willow Warbler: 9

Chiffchaff: 1

Common Whitethroat: 9

Reed Warbler: 2

Sedge Warbler: 1

Whinchat: 3

Wheatear: 9

Spotted Flycatcher: 1

Pied Flycatcher: 3

Yellow Wagtail: 9

Swallow: 31

Sand Martin: 33

At Galloways another Pied flycatcher, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Whinchat and 3 Common Whitethroats. While there I got a text from Patrick to say he had found a Wryneck at the Long Pits, despite searching with several local it could not be relocated.

Greenshank from The Screen

 This evening at the ARC the Water rail with 2 Chicks still but elusive, 2 Ruff,1 Green Sandpiper a Black-necked Grebe and 5+ Greenshank one of which gave a superb fly by in front The Screen.
In the bushes 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Common Whitethroat, 3 Willow Warblers, 3 Reed Warblers and a Cetti's Warbler.