19/10/2024

After disappointing and damp sea watch from the sea watch hide this morning, I just managed to finish a cup of coffee before I received the White-tailed Eagle message.

Apart from the Eagle it was very quiet day around the peninsular, a Glossy Ibis was on Cooks Pool, while on Burrowes 4th calendar year Caspian Gull with 3rd calendar year Yellow-legged Gull and a Black-necked Grebe.

G542 a 4th calendar year female White-tailed Eagle (Thanks to Tim Mackrill and the Roy Dennis Foundation for the details) made its 3rd appearance on the Dungeness peninsular this morning at Scotney GPs. Many thanks to Stephen Message for putting the sighting out quickly enabling me to be on site just a couple of minutes later.

Its huge size against an accompanying Rook

 

A showy Black-necked Grebe from Dennis's Hide this afternoon

Radford's Flame Shoulder was the outstanding pick of a very meagre haul in my trap this morning