A sunny day with winds coming from the south-west in varying strength. It was generally much quieter, with a reduction in migrants seen from the last couple of days with just four Wheatears, a Redstart, a Spotted Flycatcher and 45 Whitethroats, plus a small scattering of other common warblers. A bit more passage overhead yielded 115 Sand Martins, 24 Swallows and nine Yellow Wagtails heading out to sea.
Movement over the sea, had a slight increase on the recent days as 195 Common Terns, 280 Sandwich Terns, 49 Kittiwakes and three Fulmars flew past, mostly west. A total of three juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls came to bread at the Fishing Boats. The most notable sighting of the day came from the seawatching hide but was not a bird with nine Bottle-nosed Dolphins travelling west.
Other animal news included two Porpoise and a Grey Seal feeding offshore, but another exciting discovery being 80 Wasp Spiders between the Observatory and the Power Station.
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| Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis Dungeness |