Wednesday, 15 July 2026

15/07/2026

A party of 12 Common Scoter drifting past the bouy early morning, a few each of Mediterranean Gulls, Sandwich Terns, Common Terns and Gannets, about the only notable was Kestrel that flew SE out to sea.
On the reserve a few Common Sandpipers, Dunlins and a Ruff per  DBO Whatsapp.
 
Sanderling on the beach  at The Midrips this afternoon
Sanderling
SanderlingRinged Plover nest at The Midrips by the main path with a very newly hatched chick and 3 eggs that will all hopefully hatch overnight.
Mum back on the nest as soon as I walked past
Juvenile Wheatears at The Midrips

2 of the 3 Marbled Clover in my trap this morning. My first record of this species, with only 3 prious records on the Dungeness peninsula since the 1950s

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