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4th Sep

More windy and wet conditions meant most of the coverage was of the sea. The highlight was a Grey Phalarope which spent about an hour feeding offshore while bits and pieces included eight Mediterranean Gulls, five Caspian Gulls, 940 Sandwich Terns, seven Black Terns, 18 Arctic Skuas, five Fulmars, a Manx and four Balearic Shearwaters. As the weather improved a few birds were found in the bushes with a Wryneck and a Pied Flycatcher of note. A bit of overhead passage included 53 Sand Martins, 152 Swallows and seven Yellow Wagtails.


Caspian Gulls Larus cachinnans   first-years   Dungeness    4th September 2026
Images of two of the five Caspian Gulls present today.
The upper bird was color-ringed Yellow with Black E:H and is likely to be a bird of Dutch origin.

Five Porpoises and two Grey Seals were feeding offshore.


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