Juvenile Arctic Skua at the fishing boats this morning
A thoroughly miserable day at Dungeness, with a mixture of gales, thunder storms and more general heavy rain meant sea watching was realistically the only birding to do, even that was curtailed early due to the strength of the rain and gales. I n the time at the boats this morning and for an hour this afternoon 16+ Arctic Skuas moved west, along with over a 1,000 Gannets, c300 Cormorants, 150+ Sandwich Terns a small number of Auks, a 1w Caspian Gull and a 1w Yellow-legged Gull, but very few Divers, Ducks and Geese, 3 Merlins hunting over the sea was nice though.
The possible Eastern YellowWagtail was not seen today, though not surprising considering the appalling weather. The 2 Glossy Ibis and 3 Cattle Egrets and several Great White Egrets were all seen.
1 of a 1,000+ Gannets past the fishing boats today
Another 1w Caspian Gull makes a brief appearance at the fishing boats this morning
1w Yellow-legged Gull at the fishing boats this morning
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