29/10/2023

This afternoons lovely juvenile Sabine's Gull as it came past the fishing boats

Another day spent mostly sea watching, by the look of this coming weeks forecast I will be spending a lot more time looking at the sea. On the reserve the Whoopers have gone back to the Southern end of the ARC, the 3 Glossy Ibis were still at Boulderwall along with up to 5 Cattle Egrets also Little and Great Egrets, a few waders were on Burrowes but nothing new, the usual wildfowl were on the ARC. Take care when going to the ARC car park as the track to the car park is completely flooded at the moment, hopefully it will subside tonight.

07.00-10.00 & 13.30-15.30 with RW, SO, DW, OL

Brent Goose: 9W

Common Scoter: 8W    14E

Great-crested Grebe: 2W      7 Present

Kittiwake: 25W 

Sabine's Gull: 1W Juvenile   

Little Gull: 28W 

Mediterranean Gull: 2W

Common Gull: 9W

Great Black-backed Gull: 135W

Sandwich Tern: 48W

Great skua: 1W

Arctic Skua: 1W

Skua sp: 1W 

Razorbill: 62W  

Guillemot: 28W     

Auk sp: 168W

Red-throated Diver: 1W     1 present 

Balearic Shearwater: 2W 

Shearwater sp: 1W

Gannet: 2,027W 

Starling: 200W 

Harbour Porpoise: 1

Juvenile Sabine's Gull

As we left the fishing boats late afternoon this Rock Pipit was foraging at the back of the beach, although not a rare bird, I very seldom see them on the ground at Dungeness.