Sunrise at Dungeness this morning
07.50-09.50 from the hide. Wind a biting ENE6
Great Crested Grebe: 126E
Avocet: 1E
Kittiwake: 4E
Black-headed Gull: present
Common Gull: present
Herring Gull: present
Great Black-backed Gull: present
Guillemot: 10,925E
Razorbill: 575E
Red-throated Diver: 356E
Fulmar: 1E
Gannet: 821E
Cormorant: 5,300E
Grey Seal: 1 present
Harbour Porpoise: 1 present
The Auks and Cormorants were counted in several timed counts, the Auks separated by percentage.
Auks passing the Bouy
Great-crested Grebes and a Guillemot
2w Caspian Gull between Great Black-backed Gulls
A wander down to Dennis's saw the now usual Caspian and Yellow-legged Gulls, as well as the Great Northern Diver on Burrowes, most of the islands were covered in a black slick of Cormorants.
1w Caspian Gull centre front
Adult Yellow-legged Gull with an Adult Caspian Gull
Juvenile Great Northern Diver
From Cockles Bridge 2 Bewick Swans, 3 Cattle Egrets and 7 Greater White-fronted Geese. There would appear to have been an influx of Bewick Swans onto Walland as well as Pink footed and White-fronted Geese, difficult to assess numbers as the wildfowlers were out in force today causing much disturbance.
2 Bewick Swans with a Mute Swan at Cockles Bridge
One of 3 Cattle Egrets at Cockles Bridge
Heroic seawatch effort
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