Just a snap shot of the 1,000s of Common and Arctic Terns past Dungeness today
I doubt I'll ever see such a fantastic spectacle involving such huge numbers of birds at Dungeness again in my lifetime.
06.00-15.30 with CP, AJG, DW, CT, LW, OL, et al
Brent Goose: 1,210E. 1W
Shelduck: 2E
Teal: 4E
Velvet Scoter: 1E
Common Scoter: 57E 3W
Red-breasted Merganser: 4E
Red-throated Diver: 26E 1 on
Black-throated Diver: 3E
Great Northern Diver: 1W
Fulmar: 2W
Great-crested Grebe: 19 around
Great White Egret: 1 in off
Gannet: 268E
Cormorant:Present n/c
Oystercatcher: 22E
Sanderling: 25E
Dunlin:4E
Whimbrel: 19E
Bar-tailed Godwit: 39E
Kittiwake: 14E
Black-headed Gull:Present n/c
Mediterranean Gull: 4E 1W
Common Gull: Present n/c
Great Black-backed Gull: Present n/c
Iceland Gull: 1 regular bird
Herring Gull: Present n/c
Sandwich Tern: 178E
Little Tern: 274E
Roseate Tern: 4E
Common Tern: 23,190E
Arctic Tern: 4,840
Black Tern: 84E
Great Skua: 3E
Arctic Skua: 11E
Guillemot: 17E
Auk sp: 58E
Sand Martin: 2 in
House Martin: 4 In
Swallow: 11 in
Harbour Porpoise: 20+
Grey Seal: 1
I'd loved to have spent more time photographing the spectacle, but all eyes were needed to count the huge numbers of birds passing.
Another huge flock passing the Bouy
1 of the 274 Little Terns
Red-breasted Mergansers
No Poms today this one was yesterday
While the Tern spectacle was unravelling 3 RIB loads of refugees arrived
Coming ashore through The Patch
Border Force in hot pursuit
The second RIB arrives in front the sea watch hide
Border Force taking the empty RIBS back to Dover to auction for the Home Office Xmas Partyđ
Border Force intercept and recover a RIB load before they make land
Helicopter takes a sick refugee to Hospital
Dungeness pebbles are no respecter of all terrain vehicles
Yesterdays superb Wood Warbler at Scotney Copse found by Paul
Male and female Ring Ouzel in Dengemarsh Gully yesterday through the heat haze
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