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27th Nov

More wind and rain and most of the coverage offshore again. Seawatching produced a Pintail, five Red-breasted Mergansers, 26 Mediterranean Gulls, seven Caspian Gulls, a Yellow-legged Gull, six Sandwich Terns, 174 Razorbills, 82 Red-throated Divers, two Sooty Shearwaters and 250 Gannets. The first-year Glaucous Gull was also showing well at the fishing boats. A Woodcock, a Merlin, two Chiffchaffs, nine Goldcrests and five Fieldfares.


Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus   first-year   Dungeness   27th November 2024

Seven Grey Seals, two Common Seals and a Porpoise were feeding offshore.


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