Another day of sea and sky watching:
07.00-08.30 from the sea watch hide very slow:
Brent Goose: 38 E
Teal: 10 E
Gadwall: 2 E
Common Scoter: 2 E
Red-breasted merganser: 3 E
Fulmar: 1 E
Oystercatcher: 8 E
Black Redstart: 1 behind hide
Harbour Porpoise: 10+
A look around the bushes on The Point found only 1 Firecrest, 2 Blackcaps and 2 Chiffchaffs of note.
A couple of hours sky watching from Plodland garden saw 2 distant Red Kites, 8+ Common Buzzards, 4+ Marsh Harriers, 2 Sparrowhawks, a Little Egret, a Raven and 10 Swallows of note, still no Sand Martin.
This afternoon from the fishing boats 13.20-16.30:
Brent Goose: 318 E
Shoveller: 11 E
Common Scoter: 127 E
Red-breasted Merganser: 2 E
Red-throated Diver: 17 E
Great-crested Grebe: 16 on sea
Gannet: 2 E
Turnstone: 5 on beach
Common Tern: 10 E
Sandwich Tern: 252 E 11 W
Harbour Porpoise: 4+
Brimstone: in off
It would seem according to Twitter(when it works at Dungeness) all the long staying and usual birds were still present on the reserve today.
07.00-08.30 from the sea watch hide very slow:
Brent Goose: 38 E
Teal: 10 E
Gadwall: 2 E
Common Scoter: 2 E
Red-breasted merganser: 3 E
Fulmar: 1 E
Oystercatcher: 8 E
Black Redstart: 1 behind hide
Harbour Porpoise: 10+
A look around the bushes on The Point found only 1 Firecrest, 2 Blackcaps and 2 Chiffchaffs of note.
A couple of hours sky watching from Plodland garden saw 2 distant Red Kites, 8+ Common Buzzards, 4+ Marsh Harriers, 2 Sparrowhawks, a Little Egret, a Raven and 10 Swallows of note, still no Sand Martin.
This afternoon from the fishing boats 13.20-16.30:
Brent Goose: 318 E
Shoveller: 11 E
Common Scoter: 127 E
Red-breasted Merganser: 2 E
Red-throated Diver: 17 E
Great-crested Grebe: 16 on sea
Gannet: 2 E
Turnstone: 5 on beach
Common Tern: 10 E
Sandwich Tern: 252 E 11 W
Harbour Porpoise: 4+
Brimstone: in off
It would seem according to Twitter(when it works at Dungeness) all the long staying and usual birds were still present on the reserve today.
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