Yet another very quiet day on the peninsular. A walk around The desert with AJG and JTM before the rain set in found of note a single Spotted Flycatcher, 8+ Stonechat and a few each of Chiffchaff and Common Whitethroat.
A mid morning sea watch in the rain from the hide saw a couple of Arctic Skuas and few each of Gannet, Common & Sandwich Terns and Common Scoters.

 Garganey

At the ARC from Hanson a couple of Garganey close in front the hide, a juvenile Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Ruff, a Common Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank, 100s of Sand Martins over the lake and a Great White Egret of note.

Garganey

12.20-14.35 from the fishing boats with AJG who collated kindly the numbers:
Teal: 15W
Common Scoter: 28W  10E
Great-crested Grebe: 1W    1 around
Gannet: 10W
Arctic Skua: c9 Around
Mediterranean Gull: 3W all 1st cal year
Kittiwake: 4W
Common Tern: 32W  many more far off shore in feeding flock with Sandwich Terns
Sandwich Tern: 187W
Sand Martin: 4 out
Swallow: 56 out
I joined AJG in walk around The Moat this afternoon seeing another Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Black Redstarts, Common Whitethroats, Blackcaps, Chiffchaffs a Willow warbler and a Lesser Whitethroat. I also took a peek at the Willow Emerald damselfly found by Jacques in the Heligoland a first for Dungeness.

J6YY Norwegian Ringed Lesser Black-backed Gull this afternoon. It's life history below.

1st cal year Caspian Gull at Firth

3 visits to Burrowes today recorded 12 Colour ringed Gulls and saw a 1 legged Knot being taken by a Sparrowhawk, Little Ringed Plover, Ringed Plover, Redshank, 3 Ruff, 5 Greenshank, 2 Dunlin, 40+ Golden Plover, 3 Great White Egrets, 2 Black Terns and 2 Caspian Gulls.