Early morning at the fishing boats, the sea was black with 1,000s of Cormorants feeding on what must have been a huge shoal of fish, 100s of Guillemots and Razorbills, smaller numbers of Red-throated Divers, Great-crested Grebes and Gannets joined the throng, while Kittiwakes, Black-headed Gulls and Common Gulls cleared the scraps and Great Black-backed Gulls and Herring Gulls robbed them all.
A Dutch ringed Caspian Gull scratching its head, a red ring marked KT just visible
From Dennis's Hide 4 Caspian Gulls today 3 x 1w and a 2w bird, also and adult Yellow-legged Gull there.
On the lake 3 Goldeneye, a few Pintail and 2 Great Egrets were the pick of the bunch, sadly still no Smew, it is now looking like that 2021 will be the first calendar year on record without a Smew sighting at Dungeness.
2w Caspian Gull
There were 6 Cattle Egrets at Cockles Bridge today
Cattle Egrets at Cockles Bridge
9 Russian White-fronted Geese on Scotney
Early afternoon at Scotney found 9 Russian White-fronted Geese among the hordes of feral Geese, several 100s of Wigeon, c1,000 each of Lapwing and Golden Plover and 3 Curlew.
At Dengemarsh the 5 Tundra Bean Geese very distant at the back of the field behind the White-fronts
The Pink-footed Goose was no closer even at the front
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