Dungeness - mild, wet morning, sunny afternoon, s-sw 5-3 - A wet hour in the seawatch hide first thing with OL and JTM, in dreadful light with rain lashing in through the flaps on a strong southerly, produced hundreds of Gannets and Sandwich Terns close to shore, plus three Arctic Skuas, a distant shearwater and, incredibly, several outward bound Swallows.
Moving onto the bird reserve where from Hanson hide the highlights were, 20 Dunlins, Greenshank, Snipe, Ringed Plover, Garganey, two Cattle Egrets and a Great White Egret. On Burrowes all I could muster were a few more Dunlins, Turnstone, Common Sandpiper, a Black-necked Grebe and the usual ducks and gulls.
An hour from the fishing boats this afternoon in glorious sunshine with MC delivered similar fare to this morning with Gannets and Sandwich Terns, three Arctic Skuas, plus nine Common Scoters, single Guillemot and Razorbill, and reasonably close and protracted views of two westbound Balearic Shearwaters.
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