Sunday 6 May 2018

Excellent Dungeness Sea Watch!

05.00-12.00 + 15.00-19.45 AJG,MB,ML,AL, SO, DW,JTM et al
Brent Goose: 3E
Shelduck: 3E
Shoveler: 4E
Tufted Duck: 1E
Common Scoter: 112E
Red-throated Diver: 2E   1 around
Great-crested Grebe: 21 around
Fulmar: 1E   5W
Manx Shearwater: 10E     8W
Gannet: 139E
Cormorant: present n/c
Little Egret: 1E
Sanderling: 66E
Dunlin: 2E
Oystercatcher: 54E
Grey Plover: 25E
Knot: 26E
Whimbrel: 280E
Bar-tailed Godwit: 541E
Great Skua: 2E
Pomarine Skua: 12E   5@11.38,  1@15.05, 6 @19.01 (thanks to Matt Eade for the heads up)
Arctic Skua: 21E
Black-headed Gull: present n/c
Mediterranean Gull: 2E  1 around
Common Gull: present n/c
Herring Gull: present n/c
Great Black-backed Gull present n/c
Little Gull: 1E
Kittiwake: 40E   1W
Sandwich Tern: 713E
Common/Arctic Tern: 1,030E
Arctic Tern: 742E
Little Tern: 14E
Black Tern: 1E
Swallow: 18 in
Crow 5 in
Grey Seal: 1
Harbour Porpoise: 6+
There were at least 3 other Pomarine Skuas past Dungeness today that I missed due to incompetence!

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