Some of yesterdays Manx Shearwaters
Storm Petrel from today (a little imagination required)
A minimum of 26 Storm Petrels past The Point last night with another 34 today making an excellent total of 60 so far from this influx.
A long and productive days sea watching from the Fishing boats with AJG who collated the numbers,MH & DW. 04.30-12.30 & 14.30-17.30Common Scoter: 231 up 10 down
Great-crested Grebe: 13 around
Fulmar: 78 down
Manx Shearwater: 33 down
Storm Petrel: 34 down
Gannet: 947 down 45 up
Cormorant: 95 around
Oystercatcher: 3 up
Hobby: 1 behind beach
Kestrel: 1 behind beach
Great Skua: 2 down
Arctic Skua: 2 up
Mediterranean Gull: 1 around
Kittiwake: 95 down
Sandwich Tern: 88 down
Common Tern: 7 down
Guillemot: 35 down
Razorbill: 5 down
Auk sp: 33 down
Swift: 4 out 5in
Swallow: 1 out
Skylark: 1 singing behind beach
Pied Wagtail: 2 around
Raven: 1 behind beach
Grey Seal: 1
Harbour Porpoise: 2+
1 of many Swifts over the New Diggings at lunchtime
Little Owl Lydd Camp
A quick stop at Lydd Camp at lunchtime saw 2 Little Owls enjoying the sunshine, hopefully soon they will joined by their owlets.
Hare Dungeness Beach
As we left the beach this evening a Hobby flew over the beach and AJG spotted a Hare which is becoming a rare sight around The Point.