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30th Nov

No question about the highlight of the day when a superb Humpback Whale was found feeding close inshore off the fishing boats and gave some superb views for several hours before it eventually headed off to the west. As far as I can tell this is the first Observatory record.







Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae   Dungeness   30th November 2024

Also feeding offshore were a Porpoise and four Grey Seals.

Birds took second-place today but two Little Gulls, two Sandwich Terns, four Black-throated Divers and a Great Northern Diver were of note. The first-year Glaucous Gull and a first-winter Caspian Gull were seen at the fishing boats again.



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