Stunning Sea Watch!

Just a snap shot of the 1,000s of Common and Arctic Terns past Dungeness today

I doubt I'll ever see such a fantastic spectacle involving such huge numbers of birds at Dungeness again in my lifetime.

06.00-15.30 with CP, AJG, DW, CT, LW, OL, et al

Brent Goose: 1,210E.  1W

Shelduck: 2E

Teal: 4E

Velvet Scoter: 1E

Common Scoter: 57E    3W

Red-breasted Merganser: 4E  

Red-throated Diver: 26E   1 on 

Black-throated Diver: 3E

Great Northern Diver: 1W

Fulmar: 2W

Great-crested Grebe:  19 around

Great White Egret: 1 in off

Gannet: 268E

Cormorant:Present n/c

Oystercatcher: 22E 

Sanderling: 25E

Dunlin:4E 

Whimbrel: 19E

Bar-tailed Godwit: 39E

Kittiwake: 14E

Black-headed Gull:Present n/c

Mediterranean Gull: 4E   1W

Common Gull: Present n/c

Great Black-backed Gull: Present n/c

Iceland Gull: 1 regular bird

Herring Gull: Present n/c

Sandwich Tern: 178E

Little Tern: 274E

Roseate Tern: 4E

Common Tern: 23,190E

Arctic Tern: 4,840

Black Tern: 84E

Great Skua: 3E

Arctic Skua: 11E

Guillemot: 17E

Auk sp: 58E

Sand Martin: 2 in

House Martin: 4 In

Swallow: 11 in 

Harbour Porpoise: 20+

Grey Seal: 1

I'd loved to have spent more time photographing the spectacle, but all eyes were needed to count the huge numbers of birds passing.

Another huge flock passing the Bouy

1 of the 274 Little Terns

Red-breasted Mergansers

No Poms today this one was yesterday

While the Tern spectacle was unravelling 3 RIB loads of refugees arrived

Coming ashore through The Patch

Border Force in hot pursuit

The second RIB arrives in front the sea watch hide

Border Force taking the empty RIBS back to Dover to auction for the Home Office Xmas Party😀

Border Force intercept and recover a RIB load before they make land

Helicopter takes a sick refugee to Hospital

Dungeness pebbles are no respecter of all terrain vehicles

Yesterdays superb Wood Warbler at Scotney Copse found by Paul

Male and female Ring Ouzel in Dengemarsh Gully yesterday through the heat haze