Light Phase Pomarine Skua.
Checking the forecast last night had me thinking it could be a good day for Pomarine Skuas off Dungeness today so a very early start had me arriving by the sea watching hide at 5.20am , the first Pom Skua went east at approx : 5.37 am so my timing was pretty good and i spent a productive 3 hours there til 8.20 am , I then went of for a toilet break and coffee to warm myself up and i also had a quick look over the Arc pit before i headed back to the sea for another 2 hour session from 10.30 am to 12.30pm here are my joint totals for both sessions:
All birds were moving East unless otherwise stated.
Pomarine Skua : 23 (4 in first session)
Great Skua : 3
Arctic Skua : 3
Black Throated Diver : 1
Red Throated Diver : 3
Common Scoter : 375
Pintail : 5
Shelduck : 2
Shoveler : 2
Fulmar : 3
Gannet : 20 (east & west)
Little Tern : 7
Arctic Tern : 3
Sandwich Tern : 10
Common Tern : 150 + (east & west)
Kittiwake : 5
Oystercatcher : 50 +
Whimbrel : 15
Bar Tailed Godwit : 7
Sanderling : 18
Dunlin : 1
Auk sp : 22 (east & west)
Guillemot : 3
Yellow Wagtail : 2 (in off)
Swallow : 3 (in off)
Harbour Porpoise : 2
Note the full " Spoons ".
Drake Garganey on ARC Pits.
One of many Common Terns .
Other birds of note were Black Redstart calling from inside the power station grounds plus a distant Sparrowhawk circling over the Bird Obs.
