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27th Sep

With a fresh NW wind most of the interest was offshore where seven hours of watching produced two Avocets, a Little Gull, 173 Mediterranean Gulls, 92 Common Gulls, 813 Sandwich Terns, three Arctic Terns, a Great Skua, 27 Arctic Skuas, singles of Sooty and Manx Shearwaters and three Balearic Shearwaters. Two first-winter Caspian Gulls were also seen at the fishing boats where four Merlins and four Kestrels also came in off the sea. It was fairly quiet on the land with just 260 Swallows, a Willow Warbler, 38 Chiffchaffs, a Yellow Wagtail and 120 Meadow Pipits of note.




Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans   first-winter   Dungeness   27th September 2024

Six Porpoise and two Grey Seals were feeding offshore.

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