This mornings sea watch with Richard was again very poor, another sea watch mid afternoon by JY saw 3 Black Terns and and a loafing few Arctic Skuas, late afternoon early evening per Jacob more Black terns and at least 8 Balearic Shearwaters as the wind picked up.
Unfortunately most of my day was spent waiting for deliveries at home, though I did manage to get out late afternoon, where from Firth 5 Garganey dropped in, as did 5 Little Stints and a Black Tern, 2 Yellow Wagtails were present with Ringed and Little Ringed Plovers, also a Red-crested Pochard was present from Dennis's. Very little was from the ARC, from Lade the 5 Black-necked Grenes were still present and another Black Tern. 
Little Stints at Firth
5 Garganey from Firth late afternoon
Little Stints at Firth
5 Garganey from Firth late afternoon
3 of 4 Ruff from Firth
Juvenile Black Tern with Juvenile Common Terns from Firth
Yellow Wagtails from Firth
A Star-wort Moth less than annual in my trap
Acrobasis Tumidana, my 5th this year
A male Four-Spotted Footman
A Rosy Wave
Lovely pictures!
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DeleteHi Martin. Been following your blog for many years and used to regularly visit Dungeness back in the day. Is the birdlife poorer on the peninsula these days? It seems that way. And if so, is it poor management of the land, lower quality of habitats, fewer birds on migration, etc?
ReplyDeleteTo be perfectly honest I think that most bird populations are crashing, the land management at Dungeness is probably as good if not better than ever despite all the rules and regulations governing what can and can't be done. Climate change, bird Flu and hunting especially in Africa. I personally believe there is a major in problem in Africa at the birds wintering grounds with drought.
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