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2nd Sep

A breezy day meant more seawatching where eight hour of coverage produced 28 Ringed Plovers, a flock of 91 Redshanks, a Mediterranean Gull, 1687 Sandwich Terns, four Arctic Terns, two Black Terns, 60 Arctic Skuas, a Sooty Shearwater, a Manx Shearwater, an excellent 44 Balearic Shearwaters and 615 Gannets. Two first-year Caspian Gulls were also on the beach.





Caspian Gulls Larus cachinnans   first-years   Dungeness   2nd September 2025

Fairly quiet on the land although 12 Willow Warblers, a Grasshopper Warbler and six Spotted Flycatchers were of note and five Swifts flew over.

Six Porpoises and two Grey Seals were feeding offshore.