Today was dominated by seawatching but the individual bird of the day was our fourth Black Kite of the spring. Coverage from dawn to dusk at the seawatch hide produced 19 Shelduck, two Pintail, 475 Common Scoters, four Black-throated Divers, 79 Grey Plover, 114 Whimbrel, 51 Bar-tailed Godwit, seven Knot, 73 Sanderling, a Greenshank, 18 Little Gulls. 28 Little Terns, 5491 Common/ic Terns, 142 Arctic Terns, 48 Black Terns, four Great Skuas, six Arctic Skuas and a superb total of 86 Pomarine Skuas.
Black Kite Milvus migrans Dungeness 9th May 2022 Comparing the flight feather damage against images of the earlier birds confirm that this is a different individual to the previous three birds. |
At least 40 Porpoise were feeding offshore along with three Grey Seals.
Ten Grizzled Skippers were seen.