Just 27 Miles from Dungeness!

I was joined by AJG, CP, LG, DW & GH at Cap Gris Nez for a brilliant sea watching spectacle today!

1 of the many skeins of Brent Geese that made today such a memorable spectacle

Many passed close inshore

All birds moved south unless otherwise stated:

Brent Goose: 20,883 
Shelduck: 54
Wigeon: 5
Teal: 4
Common Scoter: 1,274 
Eider: 1 N  +   1 Present
Red-throated Diver: 28
Black-throated Diver: 8
Great-crested Grebe: 1
Manx Shearwater: 1
Gannet: 1,287
Little Egret: 1
Peregrine: 1
Oystercatcher: 1
Curlew: 2
Turnstone: 1
Sanderling: 4
Dunlin: 36
Ruff: 1
Great Skua: 60 
Pomarine Skua: 12
Arctic Skua: 29
Long-tailed Skua: 1
Mediterranean Gull: c125 Present
Little Gull: 34
Sabines Gull: 5
Kittiwake: 247
Sandwich Tern: 211
Commic Tern: 44
Razorbill: 2
Guillemot: 1  + 1 Present
Auk sp: 693
Woodpigeon: 1 out
Grey Wagtail: 3 out
Rock Pipit: 1+ present
Grey Seal: 1
Harbour Porpoise: 1+

Black-throated Diver with St Margarets in the background I think?

1 of the local Mediterranean Gulls with a colour ring