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22nd July

A quiet day with just 45 Swifts and three Yellow Wagtails passing overhead and two Willow Warblers in the bushes. Three Mediterranean Gulls and a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull were feeding offshore.

Two Porpoises and three Grey Seals were feeding offshore.

Porpoise Phoca phoceana    Dungeness   22nd July 2025

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