Treecreeper!

 Treecreeper the rarest bird at Dungeness so far this year 

As I arrived at the observatory Jacques was processing a Treecreeper that had been trapped in The Moat, they are not annual, I have seen more Short-toed Treecreepers here. The Treecreeper was the definite highlight of the morning with few migrants around again.

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Cattle Egret from Hanson

The ARC was again fairly quiet again, a Cattle Egret showed well and a Great White Egret was present, 140+ Golden Plover dropped in to the islands which held 3 Ruff, 3 Greenshank, 4 Garganey 2 Dunlin and a Common Sandpiper of note among the common wildfowl. 100s of hirundines mainly Sand Martins were hawking over the lake.

A Wheatear with a damaged beak was on the beach, it appeared to be feeding well enough. 

Grey Seals at the fishing boats this afternoon

14.00-16.00 at the fishing boats with RW, JTM and AJG:

Fulmar: 1W

Manx Shearwater: 1W

Gannet: c20 feeding off shore

Hobby: 1 came in off the sea

Arctic Skua: 2 around

Black Tern: 1 around

Sandwich Tern: c30 around

Common Tern: c20 around

Grey Seal: 2

Harbour Porpoise: 6+

 Juvenile great Black-backed Gull JJ761 from Norway

Another couple of hours spent in Firth hide looking at gulls legs this evening with DW proved successful for colour ringed birds, of note 2 Black terns over the lake and 4 Turnstone that dropped in.

 Lesser Black-backed Gull J876Z from Norway

 Juvenile Great Black-backed Gull JR760 from Norway

 Great Black-backed Gull JT524 a Norwegian bird

 Lesser Black-backed Gull V.7 a Dutch bird

 Great Black-backed Gull JT904 another Norwegian bird 

SHB Lesser Black-backed Gull a Landguard area ringed bird