Monday 30 April 2018

Dungeness

28th April 

Dungeness 06:15 - 12:30

Foggy to start with poor visibility, clearing out with occasional sunny intervals, mod SW wind

I got to the all ready busy sea watch hide just in time to see 4 Arctic Skuas pass in the fog up Channel, a good start to the day but that was about as good as it got. The fog hampered viewing with only the Cardinal Buoy just about clear of the fog. A 3 hour watch produced 8 Arctic Skuas, Hobby in off, 100+ Scoter, 3 Brent Geese, 3 RT Divers, 4 Fulmars, 7 GC Grebes, Common and Sandwich Terns, a few Arctic Terns, 5 Swallows and a single House Martin in off.
A Peregrine landed briefly on the power station and 2 singing Black Redstarts also around the power station. A pair of Wheatear were between the moat and trapping area, the trapping area was quite with just 6 Lesser Whitethroats, 2 Cetti’s, 1 Willow and 1 Sedge Warbler and a few Blackcaps and Chiffchaff. A Slow Worm was under one of the corrugated tins and the only Butterfly was a Small Copper.

A look along Dengemarsh road saw 4 Yellow Wagtails and a Marsh Harrier.








1 comment:

  1. Well done for putting the hours in. Your day would have added seven to my modest year-list! I need to get out more!

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