Pomarine Skuas!

 One of todays magnificent Pomarine Skua's

 An Excellent days sea watching at Dungeness:
05.45-09.15 + 10.00-11.00 + 14.00-18.00 + 19.10-20.15 with AJG, LG, SO RW, DW et al.

Brent Goose: 7 up
Shelduck: 10 up
Garganey: 2 up
Common Scoter: 668 up   225 down
Velvet Scoter: 22 up
Red-breasted Merganser: 5 up
Red-throated Diver: 6 up 1 on
Black-throated Diver: 6 up
Fulmar: 15 up
Gannet: 47 up  28 down
Oystercatcher: 21 up
Dunlin: 2 up
Bar-tailed Godwit: 162 up
Whimbrel: 81
Great Skua: 34 up
Pomarine Skua: 25 up
Arctic Skua: 12 up
Mediterranean Gull: 67 up
Iceland Gull: 1 x 1w still at The Patch
Little Gull: 65 up
Kittiwake: 104 up  8 down
Sandwich Tern: 152 up  22 down
Commic Tern: 284 up
Little Tern: 13 up
Black Tern: 1 up
Auk sp: 25 up  3 down
Grey Seal: 1
Harbour Porpoise: 5+
Pomarine Skua times: 3 @ 15.00, 1 @ 15.15, 4 @ 15.34, 2 @ 15.39, 3 @ 16.04, 4 @ 16.30, 2 @ 17.09, 1 @ 17.12, 1 @ 17.17, 1 @ 17.20, 1 @ 17.41, 2 @ 19.50.
Many thanks to Matt Eade for the heads up that the Poms were on there way.

This Fox was on the beach in front of the sea watch hide this afternoon taking no notice of the gallery of sea watchers