30th Dec
Once the thick fog of the morning cleared a check of the sea produced three Great Skuas and a first-winter Yellow-legged Gull came to the offers of bread.
26th Dec
The first-winter Caspian Gull was seen again and 24 Dunlins and a Sanderling were on the beach.
25th Dec
The morning seawatch produced 78 Red-throated Divers, 200 Great Crested Grebes, two Great Skuas, two Mediterranean Gulls, 50 Kittiwakes and the first-winter Caspian Gull.
A Common Seal and a Grey Seal were seen.
A Common Seal and a Grey Seal were seen.
24th Dec
The Siberian Chiffchaff was seen in the trapping area again and seawatching produced three Great Skuas, three Mediterranean Gulls, 51 Kittiwakes and good numbers of auks. A first-winter Caspian Gull was still present.
One Grey Seal was also seen.
One Grey Seal was also seen.
22nd Dec
A check of the trapping area produced a new species for the year in the form of a lovely Siberian Chiffchaff which was consorting with a small flock of birds which also included four Firecrests and a Common Chiffchaff. A Dartford Warbler was also found and a Little Egret flew over.
Good numbers of Gannets and auks were feeding offshore and a first-winter Caspian Gull made a brief appearance on the beach.
Good numbers of Gannets and auks were feeding offshore and a first-winter Caspian Gull made a brief appearance on the beach.
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| Siberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus tristis Dungeness 22nd December 2018 (photos by Gill Hollamby) |
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| Just a small part of the large feeding flock of birds offshore. |
21st Dec
A decent movement of seabirds this morning including two Fulmars, 327 Gannets, 58 Kittiwakes. 884 Guillemots and 132 auk species and the highlight of a Great Skua. A first-winter Yellow-legged Gull was in the roosting flock on the beach.
20th Dec
Not a great deal to be seen other than a few Red-throated Divers, Gannets, Kittwakes and auks moving west and also the oddity of a late Sandwich Tern.
Two Chiffchaffs were seen in the bushes.
Two Grey Seals were feeding offshore with appearing to catch and eat a large Conger Eel.
Two Chiffchaffs were seen in the bushes.
Two Grey Seals were feeding offshore with appearing to catch and eat a large Conger Eel.
19th Dec
A Jack Snipe was found in one of the wet flashes at the Long Pits and three Firecrests and a Chiffchaff were seen in the trapping area.
There was very little movement offshore but three Caspian Gulls (two first-winters and an adult) were seen in the small roosting flock at the fishing boats.
There was very little movement offshore but three Caspian Gulls (two first-winters and an adult) were seen in the small roosting flock at the fishing boats.
18th Dec
Another windy day resulted in a decent movement of seabirds and including three Velvet Scoters, 75 Red-throated Divers, four Fulmars, 1300 Gannets, 316 Kittiwakes, an adult Little Gull, 1524 Guillemots and 29 Razorbills and also a Pomarine Skua of particular note.
A first-winter Caspian Gull and a first-winter Yellow-legged Gulls were among the gulls roosting at the fishing boats.
A Grey Seal and two Porpoises were feeding offshore.
A first-winter Caspian Gull and a first-winter Yellow-legged Gulls were among the gulls roosting at the fishing boats.
A Grey Seal and two Porpoises were feeding offshore.
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