Data Protection

At Dungeness Bird Observatory we take security of your data very seriously. The data we hold is kept securely on a password protected device and we never pass on any information to a third party. For more information please read our Data Policy available here.

Local weather

Update

The Observatory can accommodate up to 9 people in two dormitories, you need to bring your own sleeping bags and it is self-catering. As well as Birdwatchers, we welcome people from many areas of interest including Moths, Butterflies, Bugs and Beetles or just a general interest in Nature and the local environment. Please forward any Dungeness recording area records to the Warden.
You can still support the Obs by using Give as you Live when shopping online.

3rd Oct

With strong SSW winds most of the interest was offshore although even here it was fairly underwhelming. Four hours of coverage during the morning produced 277 Kittiwakes, a Little Gull, 242 Mediterranean Gulls, 351 Sandwich Terns, a Black Tern, 17 Arctic Skuas, 45 Razorbills, a Sooty and a Balearic Shearwater and 464 Gannets. Five Caspian Gulls and four Yellow-legged Gulls came to bread at the fishing boats.



Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus   Dungeness   3rd October 2025
An unusually marked individual.

Four Porpoises, a Common Seal and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore.

at