Distant image of Pectoral Sandpiper Right and Curlew Sandpiper left through the heavy drizzle

As there was very little avian wise at Dungeness this morning myself, AJG & JTM took a trip to the Pannel Valley at Pett. The drizzle started just before we arrived and continued for most the time we were there. On the scrape the Curlew Sandpiper was showing distantly and was soon joined by the Pectoral Sandpiper, also there 2 Greenshanks, one of which was Portuguese colour ringed individual, also several Little Ringed Plovers, a Juvenile Marsh Harrier and 10 Little Egrets of note.

 Bedraggled juvenile Marsh Harrier

 Greenshank that is part of a Portuguese colour ringing scheme

 Little Ringed Plover with young

Massive crop on the elusive Ferruginous Duck

We had a look for the Ferruginous Duck before we went up the Pannel Valley but soon gave up in the driving drizzle, on our return a couple of hours later DB and family were there and watching the duck, which was always distant and constantly disappearing behind the Reeds, so not the most satisfactory views.

 The fisherman on the beach this afternoon were reeling in Pouting virtually every cast, so the Gulls got well fed.
15.00-16.45 from the fishing boats with AJG & JTM:
Common Scoter: 4E    1W
Great-crested Grebe: 1 around
Gannet: 9W   1E
Cormorant: 7 around
Mediterranean Gull: 3W
Kittiwake: 3W
Sandwich tern: 15W
Common Tern: 36W   6 around
Guillemot: 1W
Harbour Porpoise: 2+
Grey Seal: 1

A7TT at the fishing boats this afternoon

 2nd calendar year Belgian ringed Herring Gull H908051 joined us at the fishing boats, it has been present since at least last November.

At the ARC late afternoon the first 2 Golden Plovers of the Autumn,  3 Ruff, 4 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Common & a Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, 8 Redshanks, 2 LRP, 2 Garganey all the usual wildfowl & 100s of Sand Martins.

It's been a good a year for Sussex Emeralds, though the ones that have reached my trap have all seen better days.