A Frosty start to a pleasant sea watch, where the undoubted highlight was the 4 White Beaked Dolphins which spent about an hour moving slowly eastwards.
06.00-09.15 from the hide:
06.00-09.15 from the hide:
Brent Goose: 41 E
Greylag Goose: 3 W
Gadwall: 6 E
Teal: 4 E
Shoveller: 9 E
Tufted Duck: 1 W
Common Scoter: 222 E
Velvet Scoter: 3 E
Eider: 1 E
Red-breasted Merganser: 4 E
Red-throated Diver 2 up
Fulmar: 1 E
Gannet: 6 E
Oystercatcher: 4
Sandwich Tern: 18 E
Swallow: 1 in
Harbour Porpoise: c12 o/s
White Beaked Dolphin: 4
As it was a sunny bank holiday, Dungeness was somewhat busy, so I stayed home after breakfast doing some gardening and sky watching, but still missed the Red Kite.
This afternoon 15.00-16.30 after a very slow start(I fell asleep) things picked up with the highlight of a flock of 6 Velvet Scoter.
Common Scoter: 5 E
Velvet Scoter: 6 E
Red-breasted Merganser: 10 E
Red-throated Diver: 12 E
Gannet: 13 E 3 W
Curlew: 20 E
Kittiwake: 1 E
Common Tern: 5 E
Sandwich Tern: c250 E
Auk sp: 4 W
You done well again we where driving home to havant but did get a firecrest and female ring ouzel
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