27th Oct

Another windy morning but calming down in the afternoon. Seawatching provided plenty of interest with a Grey Phalarope feeding close inshore, an excellent total of 637 Little Gulls, a Leach's Petrel and two Sooty Shearwaters of note along with two Shovelers, three Sandwich Terns, two Mediterranean Gulls, six Arctic Skuas, a Great Skua and 1250 Gannets. Two Caspian Gulls and a Yellow-legged Gull were on the beach.

The bushes remain fairly quiet but 13 Chiffchaffs, four Goldcrests and a Firecrest were seen. Birds passing overhead included 3945 Starlings, a Rock Pipit, 105 Chaffinches, three Redpolls, 95 Goldfinches and 20 Siskins.

Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius   Dungeness   27th October 2026

Little Gulls Hydrocoloeus minutus   Dungeness   27th October 2026

Four Grey Seals and two Porpoises were feeding offshore.

A Clouded Yellow was seen.

26th Oct

Strong SW winds and more seawatching. Coverage virtually all day produced highlights of a Grey Phalarope, a Puffin, singles of Storm and Leach's Petrels, 13 Sooty Shearwaters and two Manx Shearwaters and backup in the form of two Gadwall, three Teal, 87 Little Gulls, a Mediterranean Gull, a Yellow-legged Gull, 13 Sandwich Terns, three Great Skuas, five Arctic Skuas and 1825 Gannets. 

Very quiet on the land with just a Firecrest of interest and two Fieldfares, six Rock Pipits, five Bramblings, 2100 Goldfinches and three Siskins passing overhead.

Two Grey Seals and three Porpoises were feeding offshore and a Brown Hare was seen on the land.