Meadow Pipit
On the walk down to The Patch there were 3 broods of Meadow Pipits and at least 1 brood each of Wheatear, Black Redstart and Pied Wagtail. The parents of these broods seemingly being able to find copious amounts of food by the path. At The Patch there was just 1 1st summer Mediterranean Gull present among c40 Black-headed and Herring Gulls.
Meadow Pipit
Wheatear
Peregrine with unidentified prey
2 Peregrines were around the pylons calling frequently and no doubt terrorising the local Pigeons
Little Gulls on the ARC
3 visits to the reserve and ARC today saw of note 2 Little Gulls, a Great White Egret, 2 Ruff, a Spotted Redshank, 6 Redshank, a Bar-tailed Godwit, a Green Sandpiper, 8 Ringed Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plover and 6 Dunlin.
An afternoon sea watch with AJG was very pleasant in the warm sunshine but made very special by a Thresher Shark that fully breached c1mile offshore, even at that range I could clearly see its huge tail whipping in the air as it breached. This is now the third time I have seen this spectacle off Dungeness in the last 5 years.
13.45-16.00 from the fishing boats with AJG:Common Scoter: 4E
Gannet: 58E 3W
Cormorant: 2 around
Kittiwake: 2E
Mediterranean Gull: 34E
Sandwich Tern: 13E 7W
Common Tern: 62E 4W
Auk sp: 3E
Sand Martin: 2 out
Swallow: 7 out
Grey Seal: 1
Harbour Porpoise: 1
Thresher Shark: 1
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