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Stonechat Saxicola torquatus rubicola Dungeness 7th April 2017 |
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Dunlin Caliddris alpina, Sanderling Calidris alba and Turnstone Arenaria imterpres Dungeness 7th April 2017 |
Five Porpoises were feeding offshore.
Large White and Speckled Wood were new butterflies for the year.
Elsewhere around Dungeness both the drake Ring-necked Duck and Hooded Merganser can still be seen on the RSPB Reserve and the Black-necked Grebes and Slavonian Grebe remain on New Diggings. Of the spring migrants Sedge Warblers have arrived in good numbers along with a few Reed Warblers. Little Ringed Plovers have been seen at Dengemarsh during the week.