Dungeness - 0530 - 0800hrs - cold, dry, sunny, ENE 4 - A bitterly cold seawatch from the hide first thing was notable for a decent movement of ducks, principally Common Scoters with up to 1,000 through during my watch, plus 30 Shovelers, 15 Teals, four Shelducks, two Pintail and eight Velvet Scoters. Also a steady trickle of waders included: 30 Whimbrels, 20 Barwits, four Grey Plovers and a Sanderling along with 10 Red-throated Divers, 10 Fulmars, 50 Gannets, four Brents, 20 Kittiwakes, 100 Commic Terns, five Arctic and a Little Tern and 50 auks. The Iceland Gull remained at the Patch. Typically, ten minutes after I left site the Poms started to appear with several pulses until mid-morning. Another hour this afternoon failed to deliver any skuas but did included a large party of Brents and seven Little Gulls. (For a full update on numbers refer to the Trektellen website later on).
On the local patch plenty of Swallows and Sand Martins through, plus my first Speckled Wood butterfly of spring by the ponds.
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