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2nd Dec

A walk around the Trapping Area produced a couple of Chiffchaffs but little else. Shortly after my return to the Observatory the Hume's Warbler announced its presence in the back garden. It was very active but keeping inside the cover for most of the time but eventually gave a few seconds view out in the open. Shortly afterwards it made its way into the Heligoland Trap where it was quickly caught, ringed, photographed in the hand and released and it continued to show around the gardens afterwards. This the fifth Observatory record.

There was very little offshore but the Glaucous Gull was seen at the fishing boats again.





Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei   Dungeness   2nd December 2024 (in-hand
  images taken by Gill Hollamby)

Two Grey Seals and a Common Seal were feeding offshore.

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