A morning at Dungeness!

This morning in front the power station I was unable to find the White-winged Black Tern, just 3 Common Terns over the boil and 1w Mediterranean Gull, also a few Gannets and Sandwich Terns off shore. On the beach 5 Wheatears, 2 Black Redstarts on the perimeter fence and 2 Grey Wagtails over.

Around The Point c150 Linnets in scattered flocks, an almost constant stream of Siskins and Yellow Wagtails over head for a while, a Spotted Flycatcher in the lighthouse garden, 2 Chiffchaffs and 2 Wheatears in the station gorse, 2 Common Whitethroats at West Beach, 3 Black Redstarts and a Willow Warbler  at Lloyds,. Round The Moat 4+ Common Whitethroats, a Blackcap, a Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warblers, a Chiffchaff and 3 more Wheatears, also 2+ Peregrines and a Raven around the power station.

 Linnets at West beach

 Spotted Flycatcher in the lighthouse garden

 Migrant Hawker on the perimeter wall

 On the reserve the Red-backed Shrike was showing well from the entrance track along with 2 Stonechats, 2 Wheatears and several Common Whitethroats, overhead more Siskins and Yellow Wagtails and 2 Marsh Harriers.

 Red-backed Shrike

 Stonechat

From the garden a party of 6 Common Buzzards flew S.E. A steady stream of Swallows with a few each of House and Sand Martin and a Swift flew S.E. also some Siskins and Yellow Wagtails over.

From Springfield Bridge 2 Great White Egrets, a Cattle Egret, 2 Little Egrets, more Hirundines and Yellow Wagtails and a Common Sandpiper.

A Red Underwing by the Plodland trap this morning