Sunday, 5 November 2023

05/11/2023

A few bits from the weekend at Dungeness
Adult winter Sabine's Gull from Saturday
07.00-16.00  M.O.
Brent Goose: 10W
Wigeon: 1W
Common Scoter: 14W   4E
Great-crested Grebe: 4 present
Ringed Plover: 1 present
Turnstone: 14 present 
Purple Sandpiper: 2 present       
Sanderling: 5 present
Grey Phalarope: 1 flew from bay, landed on sea not seen again
Kittiwake: 800W
Little Gull: 120W   
Black-headed Gull: minimum 400 in roost at Julie Jean
Mediterranean Gull: 20+ off Julie Jean 
Common Gull:  min 300 from the sea watch hide heading to The Point
Great Black-backed Gull:  min 150 present
Lesser Black-backed Gull: min 20 present
Herring Gull: 1,000+
Caspian Gull: 2 present
Yellow-legged Gull: 1 adult in roost at Julie Jean
Sandwich Tern: 3 present   
Arctic Tern: 1 present
Great Skua: 12W
Arctic Skua: 14W     2 present
Long-tailed Skua: 1W 
Guillemot:  2 present
Razorbill: 20 W & E the hide
Auk sp: 60  W & E the hide
Red-throated Diver: 2W       1E
Black-throated Diver: 1W
European Storm Petrel: 2W
Leach's Petrel: 7W
Gannet: 3,000 early movement was E then W rest of day. c1,000 feeding 
Cormorant: 500 present
Merlin: 1 in off at the hide
Harbour Porpoise: 2 around the bouy
Grey Seal: 1



 
One of the many Little Gulls from this weekend
Sanderling, Dunlin, and a Knot on the beach
Knot
Sanderling and Dunlin
Some of the 23 Cattle Egrets in the Horse Paddocks this morning
One of the usual 3 Glossy Ibis at Cook's Pool
Redpoll over the reserve today
The Greylag flock opposite my house, I'm hoping they will attract some wild geese.



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