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21st Feb

The SSE wind continued and resulted in a superb seawatch with birds passing through until mid-afternoon when rain arrived. Numbers were dominated by Brent Geese with 2283 birds and a record movement of 994 Pintails with back-up in the form of 28 Greylag Geese, 65 Shovelers, seven Teal, a drake Eider, a Velvet Scoter, 65 Common Scoter, 34 Curlews, 186 Kittiwakes, 60 Mediterranean Gulls, a Sandwich Tern, 112 Red-throated Divers, five Fulmars and 130 Gannets. There was also a noticeable increase in gull numbers offshore and roosting on the Point with three Caspian Gulls and two Yellow-legged Gulls among them. 


Brent Geese and Pintails   Dungeness   21st February 2025   (Charlotte Foot)


Brent Geese and Pintails   Dungeness   21st February 2025   (Jacob Spinks)


Two Porpoise, two Grey Seals and a Common Seal were also seen.

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