12/11/2024

Shelduck passing East past the bouy this morning

07.30-10.30 from the Hide joined by OL. Cool northerly wind with drizzle turning to rain.

Brent Goose: 15E    36W

Greylag: 2 in off

Shelduck: 16E

Pintail: 1W

Wigeon: 7E    18W

Teal: 1W

Common Scoter: 1E     4W

Red-breasted Merganser: 1W

Great-crested Grebe: 6E

Oystercatcher: 1E

Curlew: 1E

Dunlin: 8E

Woodcock: 1 in off

Little Egret: 4E. (Single flock)

Sandwich Tern: 10+ around

Common Tern: 1W/ around

Kittiwake: 86W

Black-headed Gull: present n/c  

Mediteranean Gull: 35W       6E

Common Gull: 18W

Herring Gull: present n/c

Great Black-backed Gull: present n/c

Lesser Black-backed Gull: present n/c 

Guillemot: 4E  2W

Razorbill: 15W

Auk: 188W       71E

Red-throated Diver: 18E    4W    2 present 

Gannet: 440E        158W

Cormorant: c350

Skylark: 36 in off  inc party of 24

Starling: 2,130 in off

Greenfinch: party of 8 in off

Chaffinch: 43 in off

Harbour Porpoise: 2

Grey Seal: 1

Woodcock coming in to the beach

Woodcock coming up the beach

Made it but exhausted

It gradually sidled up to the bundle of sticks becoming almost invisible. It sat there for at least 5hrs getting a well deserved rest.

A late Common Tern this morning was notable

One of at least ten Sandwich terns still hanging around Dungeness

One of six Greater White-fronted Geese at Scotney this afternoon

Great Sotted Woodpecker in the reserve car park

A short video of the Starlings roosting at the ARC last night

PLEASE TURN YOUR VOLUME UP TO HEAR THE STARLINGS