First Skua Passage

 Another good sea watch this morning at Dungeness considering the regular showers and poor visibility 06.45-10.15 Totals kindly collated by AJG.

Red throated Diver 98 E

Gannet 177 E

Fulmar 12 E   1 W

Red-necked Grebe 1 E

Brent Goose 516 E

Common Scoter 659 E

Gadwall 2 E

Eider 3 E

Red Breasted Merganser 16 E

Great Skua 42E

Arctic Skua 7 E

Mediteranean Gull 1 E

Little Gull 2 E

Kittiwake 17 E

Sandwich tern 6 E

Common Tern 133 E

Curlew 2 E

Auk 13 E  Mainly Guillemots

Swallow 1 in

                                        North Thames Herring Gull JZ1.T on the beach

                                                    Oiled Red-throated Diver

 On the ARC an oiled Red-throated Diver, 5 Smew, and 3 Goldeneye among the very few common wildfowl that has not left.

Around the reserve a few migrants, 8+ Willow Warblers, 4 Chiffchaffs, 6 Goldcrests, 2 Firecrests, 2 Swallows, 2 Sand Martins and a House Martin. Round Hookers 4 Marsh Harriers, a flight view of a Bittern and 4 Bearded Tits were of note. I was unable to locate any of the 3 Black Necked Grebes that were present yesterday.

A short afternoon watch from the fishing boats was not particularly productive with a few Common and Sandwich Terns, 2 Red Throated Divers and a Red Breasted Merganser.