Tuesday 8 November 2016

Just another Day at Dungeness!

 Long-tailed Ducks, despite ample opportunity to get good images this A.M. I failed miserably
08.00-10.00 from the fishing boats with MH, DW & PT
                               Up Channel            Down Channel
Brent Goose:              55                           341
Shelduck:                    28
Mallard:                        3                            12
Gadwall:                                                       8        
Pintail:                                                          1
Shoveler:                                                      3
Wigeon:                     44   +7 in                127
Teal:                           22  + 4 in                136
Common Scoter:          3                             23
Long-tailed Duck:                                      2
Goldeneye:                  1                              7
R.B.Merganser:                                            5
Red-throated Diver:    2    + 1 on                 3
Great-crested Grebe:  7 on                           3
Gannet:                    c25 around
Cormorant:              Many present
Little Egret:                 3 in
Oystercatcher:             1
Golden Plover:         19 in
Turnstone:                   3 on beach
Dunlin:                      12
Great Skua:                1
Black-headed Gull:  Many present
Common Gull:       present
Mediterranean Gull:  c5 around
Herring Gull:          Many present
Great Black Backed Gull:    Present
Lesser Black Backed Gull:   A few present
Little Gull:                  1 Juvenile
Kittiwake:                  7                         5
Guillemot:                 8     6 on
Razorbill:                   4     3 on
Auk sp:                      12                       18
Skylark:                      1 in
Starling:               5,240 in
Grey Seal:                       1
Harbour Porpoise:           2
 A short visit to the reserve for warm up with some hot chocolate saw the usual Egrets, also a couple of Spoonbills and 2 Bewick Swans which flew north over Firth Hide the first of this winter.
 Spoonbills from firth
 Bewick Swans over Firth
 Spoonbill from Firth
 The Stonechat
I spent most of the day around the Kerton Road Triangle trying to obtain good shots of The Stonechat, it was loosely associating with a couple of Common Stonechats, also at least 3 Dartford Warblers there





The Ring-necked Ducked discovered at Boulderwall by MH late afternoon.

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