Dungeness Seawatch & RSPB

                                                 DUNGENESS  SEAWATCH

                                           30th August 2026

                                      From hide : 06.45 - 08.45

                                        Wind : W  /  WSW

EUROPEAN STORM PETREL  1  WEST

(Dungeness tick)

BALEARIC SHEARWATER   9 West

FULMAR   2 west

ARCTIC SKUA  4 DP & 3 LP

GANNET  200+  west & east

KITTIWAKE  10

MED GULL  2 west

BLACK TERN  4  west

SANDWICH TERN  200+  west & east

ARCTIC TERN  1 west

COMMON TERN  200+

COMMON SCOTER  1 west

DUNLIN  1 west

SWALLOW  100+  out to sea

SAND MARTIN  50+  out to sea

 

European Storm Petrel  photo taken from Deal Pier in 2017.

                                          FISHING  BOATS

                                             13.30 - 16.00

BALEARIC SHEARWATER  7 west

ARCTIC SKUA  5 DP & 3 LP  west & east

BLACK TERN  3  west

LITTLE TERN  6  west

SANDWICH TERN  1000+  mainly west

COMMON TERN  200+ mainly west

KITTIWAKE  5Ad & 1 Juv  west

GANNET  200+  west & east

RAZORBILL  2  west

SAND MARTIN  200+ out to sea

SWALLOW  200+  out to sea

                                                                 RSPB

White-winged Black Tern

A visit to the Rspb reserve was a good decision with good views of the long staying juvenile  White-winged Black Tern in front of the Firth lookout.

There was also 4 Black Terns present giving a nice comparison.

Black Tern

There was a good selection of waders including a really smart Little Stint.

Little Stint

Looking from the picnic tables near the Dennis hide i could see a distant Spotted Redshank alongside a Great white Egret.

Great white Egret & Spotted Redshank