A non stop stream of Gannets West past the fishing boats this morning
Sooty Shearwater
A really enjoyable sea watch today that was terminated by heavy rain at 11.50 and the fact that I was very cold as I stupidly did not put my winter coat on. Had I not been such a wimp todays totals would have been much higher especially the Gannets. Apparently todays Total is probably a Dungeness record so I am rather annoyed with myself for wimping out. The Ring Tail Hen Harrier coming in off the sea was a definite highlight for me as they are now sadly so scarce on the peninsular.
06.30-11.50 from the fishing boats with AJG who kept kindly kept the log, SP, RW, PE, CP et al
Brent Goose: 6W
Common Scoter: 24W 12E
Great-crested Grebe: 2 o/s
Red-throated Diver: 10W
Sooty Shearwater: 2W
Manx Shearwater: 1W
Gannet: 4,858W
Cormorant: present n/c
Merlin: 2 present including an adult male
Hen Harrier: 1 N (a rare sight at Dungeness these days as this came in off the sea)
Sanderling: 1W
Purple Sandpiper: 1W
Kittiwake: 483W
Black-headed Gull: present n/c
Mediterranean Gull: 5W
Common Gull: present n/c
Great Black: backed Gull: 118W
Herring Gull: present n/c
Lesser Black-backed Gull: present n/c
Sandwich Tern: 40W
Great Skua: 24W
Pomarine Skua: 2W
Arctic Skua: 7W
Skua sp: 1W
Guillemot: 31W
Razorbill: 167W
Auk sp: 472W
Puffin: 1W
Skylark: 6W
Swallow: 1W 2N
Starling: 901 in
Alba Wagtail: 1W
Linnet: 125W
Crossbill: 2W
Goldfinch: 2,172W
Siskin: 55W
Grey Seal: 1
Harbour Porpoise: 2
Great Skua
3 of a flock of 5 Great Skuas
Arctic Skua
A distant Manx Shearwater
1 of at least 2 Merlins hunting Goldfinches coming in
Sandwich Tern
1 of the many Kittiwakes
Another brief 1w Caspian Gull
Teaser not from today!!
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