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31st Dec

A murky and increasingly windy day. Nearly four hours of seawatching produced 215 Brent Geese passing east, three Shelducks, nine Wigeon and a Red-breasted Merganser, 392 Kittiwakes, a Mediterranean Gull, two Yellow-legged Gulls, 309 Red-throated Divers , two Great Northern Divers and 782 Gannets. Three Caspian Gulls were seen in the roost on the beach.

Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans   first-winter   Dungeness   31st December 2024

A Grey Seal was seen offshore.

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