16/09/2024

This mornings sea watch with OL 07.20-09.00 

Mallard: 1E

Teal: 9W

Wigeon: 8W

Common Scoter: 3E

Sandwich Tern: c40 around

Common Tern: c10 around

Black-headed Gull: present n/c

Herring Gull: present n/c

Great Black-backed Gull: present n/c

Lesser Black-backed Gull:  present n/c

Arctic Skua: c10 around

Balearic Shearwater: 4E          13W

Gannet: 17W

Cormorant: present n/c

Harbour Porpoise: c20 

Todays highlight a Grasshopper Warbler this morning courtesy of Dungeness Bird Observatory

A wander around The Desert saw and heard plenty of Chiffchaffs and a few Blackcaps, 9 Stonechats, 2 Ravens but little else of note.

A visit to the ARC saw 4 Cattle Egrets, a Glossy Ibis and a Little Ringed Plover as the only notable species. 

90 minutes early afternoon at the fishing boats was very pleasant in the warm sunshine out of the wind, but birds were very few and far between.

A late afternoon visit to Dennis's after the American Golden Plover had been reported found only 2 Golden Plovers, 2 Dunlin among the Lapwings and Gulls also 2 Black Terns present.

Sandwich Tern at the fishing boats

Common Tern at the fishing boats