Great White Egret
From Hanson as the fog began to clear a Great white Egret was showing very well, also there a Ruff, 2 Little Stints, a Curlew Sandpiper, 14 Black-tailed Godwits, 10 Golden Plover, 9 Dunlin and a single Garganey among the usual wildfowl and Lapwings. I joined SO on a short trip along the road to Seabrook to try and and see a Greenish Warbler that was seen there first thing this morning, unfortunately there was no sign of the bird when we arrived though plenty of Chiffchaffs were still present.
Great White Egret
Osprey
As I drove back onto the Dungeness estate I could see the Gulls were alarming, moments later I spotted the cause an Osprey slowly circling over the approach road. It carried on circling higher and higher until lost to view in the low cloud.
I joined SO in a very disappointing wander around The Desert and trapping area, seeing just a single Common Whitethroat, 3 Wheatears, 3 Stonechats and a trickle of Hirundines and Meadow Pipits over also a couple of Sparrowhawks, in the trapping area a few Chiffchaffs with a Tit flock and a Goldcrest.
Osprey
Early afternoon from home a couple of Common Buzzards, a Hobby chasing Hirundines and a couple of distant Little Egrets.
3rd cal yr Yellow-legged Gull
At fishing boats this afternoon 4+ Arctic Skuas chasing Sandwich Terns off shore, a 3rd calendar year Yellow-legged Gull was attracted to Mick and Richards offerings along with a couple of Norwegian colour ringed Great Black-backed Gulls but no Caspian while I was there.
A Grey Phalarope was reported at The Point by RBA but no one seems to know anything about it.
Arctic Skua and Sandwich Tern
Norwegian Great Black-backed Gull JJ491
Norwegian Great Black-backed Gull JK254
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