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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.

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