3 distant Velvet Scoters passing East this morning
Another good sea watch today with the highlight for me being 2 Spoonbills, the first I have seen on a sea watch at Dungeness.
06.30-11.30 with TW,TH, CP & RW from the sea watch hide. Wind SW 4 Temp 9°
Brent Goose: 1,880E
Wigeon: 1E
Pintail: 68E
Velvet Scoter: 3E
Common Scoter: 51E 3W
Great-crested Grebe: 60+ present
Kittiwake: 16E
Black-headed Gull: 291E
Mediterranean Gull: 31E
Common Gull: 661E
Great Black-backed Gull: present n/c
Herring Gull: present n/c
Lesser Black-backed Gull: 1 present
Sandwich Tern: 2E 1W
Guillemot: 68E 16W 21 present
Auk sp: 65E 19W
Red-throated Diver: 83E 13W
Fulmar: 1E 3W
Gannet: 47E 19W
Cormorant: present n/c
Spoonbill: 2E First ones I have seen on a Dungeness sea watch
Peregrine: 1 in off presumed local bird
Skylark: 9W
Harbour Porpoise: 1
Brent Geese passing this morning
The Dengemarsh Black-necked Grebe
My all around Dengemarsh saw 2 Water Pipits, flight views only as when they do land they are hidden among the Cotton Grass. Also 12 Dunlin, 2 Curlew, 3 Redshank and at least 6 pairs of Lapwing. There is still lots of Teal, Wigeon and Shoveler around the reserve, those around the hay fields seem to be particularly jumpy.
Another Black-necked Grebe from Makepiece
A very distant Black-necked Grebe from Firth
Gorgeous Little Gull on Burrowes today
Great Northern Diver on Burrowes late afternoon
There is possibly 3 Great Northern Divers present on the reserve, as Steve M and Alan P saw 2 Great Northern and a Black-throated Diver on ARC at the more or less the same time I was seeing this one on Burrowes.
I don't think I've ever this boat at Dungeness before
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