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23rd Mar

Drizzle/light rain from the early hours grounded 600 Redwings with many of them singing from the bushes. Also passing over were six Golden Plovers, a Woodcock, a Swallow, 36 Chiffchaffs, ten Firecrests, eight Goldcrests, five Fieldfares, 15 Song Thrushes, a Mistle Thrush, 43 Robins, 18 Black Redstarts, a massive 2,260 Chaffinches, four Bramblings, three Siskins and 15 Reed Buntings.



Redwings Turdus iliacus   Dungeness   23rd March 2025

Seawatching wasn't too good but poor visibility didn't help. Of interest were 472 Brent Geese, three Red-breasted Mergansers, 240 Kittiwakes, 34 Little Gulls and an Arctic Skua.

Eight Porpoise were feeding offshore.

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