2 more Puffins!

Gannets passing in the early morning sunshine

 2 of a party of 6 Eider past the fishing boats this afternoon

 With the wind just South of East this morning sea watching was the order of the day, which was very productive, 2 more Puffins and a Scaup which nowadays is sadly very scarce at Dungeness and much more.
06.00-11.15 & 13.30-16.00 with AJG, JTM, PT, DW, MH et al
Brent Goose: 85E
Barnacle Goose: 1E
Shelduck: 13E
Mallard: 4E
Gadwall: 12E
Shoveler: 51E
Wigeon: 1E
Teal: 68E
Scaup: 1E
Common Scoter: 2,487E   4W
Velvet Scoter: 11E
Eider: 6E
Red-breasted Merganser: 8E
Red-throated Diver: 15E   1 on
Great-crested Grebe: 6 around
Fulmar: 33E
Manx Shearwater: 1E
Gannet: 572E    3W
Cormorant: present n/c
Oystercatcher: 3E
Little Ringed Plover: 2E
Ringed Plover: 1E
Sanderling: 2E
Bar-tailed Godwit: 1E
Curlew: 2E
Whimbrel: 17E
Great Skua: 5E
Arctic Skua: 10E
Common Gull: 139E
Little Gull: 11E
Kittiwake: 117E
Sandwich Tern: 660E   3W
Common Tern: 118E
Arctic Tern: 22E
Commic Tern: 18E
Guillemot:144E
Razorbill: 6E
Puffin: 2E
Auk sp: 649E
Harbour Porpoise: 10+
Grey Seal: 1

Unusual to see a Barnacle Goose passing with Brent Geese this afternoon

White Wagtail at Scotney

A brief lunchtime visit to Scotney where yesterdays injured Avocet was still present, a fine White Wagtail, 5 Yellow Wagtails, 10 Tree Sparrows and a flyover Greenshank my first this year.

Late afternoon the Common Crane was still in the fields off Dengemarsh Lane also a Great White Egret there.