Some of the 80+ Goldfinches coming to my garden feeders
Due to the dreadful dearth of birds at Dungeness this autumn I am finding it increasingly difficult to force myself out of bed in the mornings, consequently in was 09.00 before I managed to get to the beach this morning just as AJG was going back home for breakfast. His sea watch totals below.
07.00-09.00
Common Scoter: 8W
Gannet: 966W
Cormorant: present n/c
Kittiwake: 31W
Black-headed Gull: present n/c
Great Black-backed Gull: present n/c
Herring Gull: present n/c
Great Skua: 1W
Auk sp 112W
Peregrine: 1in off the sea
Merlin: 3 hunting over the sea
I walked down to The patch where the highlight was just 4 Mediterranean Gulls among the many Black-headed and Herring Gulls, no sign of any Black redstarts there today. A wander out into the trapping area was no better with 2 Brambling and 3 Siskin over unseen, 2 Song Thrush were flushed from the path and just a single Chiffchaff was heard, truly abysmal for late October.
On the reserve still at least 12 Cattle Egrets and 2 Glossy Ibis plus the usual Great White Egrets, a single adult Yellow-legged Gull in the roost by the entrance track. On Burrowes at least 12 Grey Plover among the Lapwings and Golden Plover, though todays highlight was the drake Goldeneye, which shows just how poor the birding is around Dungeness at the moment.
Drake Goldeneye on Burrowes this afternoon
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