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A thoroughly cold and miserable morning, so I was surprised to find Owen already in the sea watch hide albeit wrapped in a blanket and an u...

With the birding so poor around Dungeness this autumn, I have been struggling to motivate myself to get up and out early. This morning it ...

A thoroughly wet, miserable and cold start to the day, even more so now that the sea watch hide no longer has a waterproof roof, as it was ...

07.00-08.30 from the sea watch hide: SO, RW and AJG who kindly collated the numbers: Brent Goose: 5W Common Scoter: 10W Red-throated D...

Drake Merganser passing the fishing boats this morning 07.50-09.00 from the fishing boats: Brent Goose: 19W       2E Shelduck: 4W T...

A rare day of no wind on the peninsular today produced little of note. 07.00-09.00 from the sea watch hide RW and AJG who collated the num...

Merlin hunting off shore this morning 07.50-09.00 from the fishing boats: Common Scoter: 1W        8E Red-throated Diver: 7W   2E    ...

A bright start to the day that quickly deteriorated into a very wet day, as very heavy slow moving showers came along the English Channel ...

 Juvenile Pomarine Skua giving a Cormorant a fright 07.00-10.00 with AJG, CP, RW et al Brent Goose: 2W   8E Egyptian Goose: 10E  over...

As I pulled up at the fishing boats this morning the Shorelark was still feeding around the puddles in the early morning sunshine.  J...