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26th Jan

What was supposed to be a nice day was spoilt by thick fog for most of it. The juvenile Glaucous Gull was seen at the Patch and the first-winter Caspian Gull was at the fishing boats as usual. Good numbers of Red-throated Divers and Great Crested Grebes were also seen offshore. It was very quiet on the land although at least one Dartford Warbler was seen near the railway station.
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25th Jan

Kittiwakes and auks (mainly Razorbills) continued to pass westwards during the morning and the regular first-winter Caspian Gull was still at the fishing boats.
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24th Jan

More wet and windy conditions restricted observations to the sea. A three hour seawatch this morning produced 148 Brent Geese, a redhead Goosander, ten Fulmars, 264 Gannets, 317 Kittiwakes and 4523 Guillemots. The regular Caspian Gull was at the fishing boats and an adult Little Gull was feeding at the Patch.

 A Porpoise was feeding offshore.
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23rd Jan

A return to the miserable weather meant that most of the observations were from the sea where over five hours of watching produced 318 Brent Geese, a Great Skua, 739 Kittiwakes, an adult Little Gull, over 4300 Guillemots and 2300 Razorbills.

 A Grey Seal was also seen.
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22nd Jan

A fine and calm day for a change and with a good selection of bits and pieces to be seen. The first-winter Caspian Gull commuted between the fishing boats and the Patch where the juvenile Glaucous Gull was also present. Large numbers of Great Crested Grebes and Guillemots were feeding offshore and a very unseasonal Sooty Shearwater flew west in the afternoon. Two Great Skuas also flew east during the day.
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans and Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus   Dungeness   22nd January 2018
The best of the birds on the land were a flock of seven Common Snipe, a Firecrest and a party of four Bullfinches at the Long Pits, a Black Redstart around West Beach and Dartford Warblers between Lloyds Cottage and West Beach and near the New Lighthouse.



Dartford Warbler Sylvia undata   Dungeness   22nd January 2018

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21st Jan

Limited coverage again but a Kingfisher and a Firecrest were seen at the Long Pits and 557 auks flew west in an hour seawatch this afternoon.

 A Badger was seen this evening.
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20th Jan

Another day of grotty weather and limited coverage. There were a few Razorbills moving down-channel, 100 Kittiwakes feeding offshore and the regular first-winter Caspian Gull feeding on the strandline at the fishing boats.
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19th Jan

Very little coverage and nothing of note seen or reported.
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18th Jan

The first-winter Caspian Gull was still at the fishing boats.
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17th Jan

The juvenile Glaucous Gull and first-winter Caspian Gull were both seen on the beach today and a Firecrest and three Bullfinches were seen at the Long Pits.
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