2021

Happy New Year to all, hope everyone has a better year mentally and physically

Many thanks to all the locals for phone calls and WhatsApps

Some of the amazing birds I managed to see at Dungeness in 2021

Dusky Warbler 02/01/2021

2nd Calendar year Iceland Gull 17/01/2021

2nd Calendar year Thayer's or Kumlien's Gull depending on your point of view 19/02/2021

2nd Calendar year Glaucous Gull a beast of a bird 13/03/21

Part of a flock of 28 Eider past on 22/04/2021 my largest flock at Dungeness

1 of the ever present Glossy Ibis 22/04/2021

Pied Flycatcher, Long Pits, 22/02/2021

Red-rumped Swallow, Dengemash 26/04/2021 

Wood Warbler, Scotney Copse 27/04/2021

Without doubt the years highlight, 30,000+ Terns past point, Common, Arctic, Sandwich, Roseate and Little an amazing day.

Purple Heron, Long Pits 12/05/2021

Some of the amazing 417 Manx Shearwaters that flew West on 24/05/2021

1 of at least 3 Rose-coloured Starling around the peninsular this year, this one on 05/06/2021

An unprecedented 3 Collared Pratincoles arrived at Dungeness on 6/7/06/2021

Marsh Warbler in a private garden on the evening of the 12/06/2021

A personal favourite this juvenile Bearded Tit 01/08/2021

The superb Sooty Shearwater that  came to bread thrown from the beach and even fought the Gulls for it, a never to be forgotten sight on 08/08/2021

Harbour Porpoises are quite common at Dungeness but seldom give such good views 29/08/2021

Some of the Manx Shearwaters on 01/10/2021 gave superb views from the fishing boats

The superb juvenile Long-tailed Skua at the fishing boats on 02/10/2021

Pectoral Sandpiper on 06/20/2021

Confirmation that there 2 Glossy ibis here on 12/10/2021

Bittern on the top of a Sallow at the Long pits 13/10/2021

Pallas's Warbler trapped on 02/11/2021

Red-breasted Flycatcher trapped on 20/11/2021