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21st July

The sea continues to provide most of the interest with a bit of movement and birds feeding offshore. Birds passing through included four Shoveler, two Teal, 39 Common Scoters, 100 Sandwich Terns and singles of Manx and Balearic Shearwaters while 20 Mediterranean Gulls, four Yellow-legged Gulls and two Arctic Skuas feeding. Birds moving overhead included 25 Swifts, a Little Ringed Plover, 26 Sand Martins and four Yellow Wagtails. It was very quiet in the bushes.




Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus   juvenile   Dungeness   21st July 2025

Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis   juvenile   Dungeness   21st July 2025

Ten Porpoises and four Grey Seals were feeding offshore.



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