A superb days sea watching at Dungeness

Bar-tailed Godwits, Whimbrel, Grey Plover and a Knot

05.40-11.15 & 12.40-20.00 with JS, DW, RW, VW, JY, SO et al. Special thanks to Jacob for keeping the log.

Brent Goose: 3E

Shoveler: 12E

Teal: 2E

Pintail: 4E

Velvet Scoter: 1E

Common Scoter: 67E

Red-breasted Merganser: 1E

Red-throated Diver: 5E 

Great-crested Grebe: 6 on

Fulmar: 8E 

Gannet: 256E 

Cormorant: present n/c

Oystercatcher: 30E

Avocet: 6E

Grey Plover: 8E

Ringed Plover: 1E

Whimbrel: 72E

Bar-tailed Godwit: 2507E

Knot: 6E

Sanderling: 32E

Dunlin: 21E

Kittiwake: 21E

Little Gull: 77E

Black-headed Gull: present n/c

Mediterranean Gull: 1E 

Common Gull: present n/c

Great Black-backed Gull: present n/c

Herring Gull: present n/c

Lesser Black-backed Gull: present n/c

Little Tern: 7E

Sandwich Tern: 611E

Common Tern: 750E 

Black Tern: 1E

Great Skua: 7E

Arctic Skua: 224E

Guillemot: 8E

Razorbill: 1E

Auk sp:164E

Sand Martin: 2 in

Swallow: 20 in

Alba Wagtail: 2 in

Harbour Porpoise: 30+

Grey Seal: 1

Bar-tailed Godwits

Bar-tailed Godwits photobombing a Harbour Porpoise

 

                                                                         Whimbrel

Arctic Skua (dark phase)

Avocets

Great Skua with random white feathers

Oystercatchers

Arctic Skua (light phase)

Little Gulls, Arctic and Common Terns