Dungeness Bird Observatory @DungenessBO
Dungeness Bird Observatory has been monitoring birds on the Kent coast since 1952. We have accommodation available for visitors. For more info check our website dungenessbirdobs.org.uk Dungeness Joined April 2014-
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Afternoon Seawatch totals (13:30-14:30) per RW/SO: Gannet 13E/7W, Whimbrel 2W, Common Scoter 5E, Red-throated Diver 1E, Kittiwake 2E, Auk sp. 2E, Commic Tern 135E, Common Tern 12E, Sandwich Tern 23E/18W
Afternoon Seawatch totals (1440-1645) per MC/RW/JY: Common Scoter 41E, Whimbrel 32E, Kittiwake 22E/19W, BH Gull 5E, Sandwich Tern 35E/60W, Commic Tern 338E, Great Skua 2E, Arctic Skua 10E, Guillemot 1E/2os, Auk sp. 13E, RT Diver 6E, Gannet 26E/15W
2 Hobbys over Tanners Pool, and another Hobby over ARC car park. Great White Egret Boulderwall Fields per DB
Whinchat and 6+ Wheatear in the Desert per SO’D
Drake Garganey from Dengemarsh Hide this morning per PT/RW
Single Pomarine Skua past at 06:30 per MC
2 Ring Ouzel and 11 Greenland Wheatear on the Point this afternoon per TW/JY
Garganey on Burrowes Pit from Dennis’s Hide per RW
Female Common Redstart along the road just beyond Springfield Bridge parking area at 11:40 per NB
Early news from the sea watchers: single Pomarine Skua at 07:13 and 2 more at 08:13.
Seawatch update: 16,210 Common Terns, 3,104 Arctic Terns, 48,BlackTerns, 154 Little Terns, 51 Arctic Skuas, 7 Pomarine Skua, 2 Bonxie etc up to 17.00
5 Poms past the sea watch hide 12.25
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Lucky to see and exceptionally lucky to get the shot. @RSPBDungeness
Decent few hours at Dunge from 6.30am - 3 Pomarine Skuas, 5 Arctic Skuas, Bonxie, 249 Common Scoter, 7 RT Diver, 3 Barwits, 11 Whimbrel, 2 Little Tern, 170 Gannet, 7 Kittiwake with @a1virginia and a good crowd in and out of the hide!!! @DungenessBO
Eurasian Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus, ringed at Kartong Bird Observatory in 2017 recorded at Brownstown Head, County Waterford, R.O.Ireland. 29/4/2024. Our second record of a KBO ringed Eurasian Whimbrel in North West Europe. An excellent record.
… Sparrowhawk, Cetti’s Warbler, Corn Bunting & Yellow Wagtail (Dengemarsh), 1 GW Egret, 2 Little Egrets, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit & 2 Avocets (Hayfields), 3 Bearded Tits, booming Bittern, singing Willow Warbler & our first Hobby of the year over Springfield Bridge at lunchtime.
Other sightings at Dungeness today @DungenessBO & @RSPBDungeness: 2 Swifts (ARC), Black Redstart, Common & Lesser Whitethroats (Desert), superb male Whinchat (Obs), up to 7 Wheatears, lots of Sedge Warblers & 3 singing Reed Warblers (Dengemarsh), 14 Whimbrel (entrance track)…
A fantastic day. Thousands of Terns, with 16,000+ Common, 3,100+ Arctic, 154 Little, and 48 Black. Skuas on the move as well with 50+ Arctic, 7 Pomarine and 2 Great. Top counting by Martin! A modest arrival of passerines too with Whinchat, Pied Flycatcher and Firecrest the best.
@tom_wright16 A great time seawatching today… and a big movement occurs at the weekend for a change (when I am not working) 👍 @DungenessBO.
From today’s two Seawatches at Dungeness today, 2 Drake Eider, a Dark Phase Arctic Skua, and just for comparison, a Light Phase Arctic Skua.
A nice selection of migrants in the area today. Whinchat, Gropper, Ring Ouzel, Redstart and Garden Warbler as well as the commoner migrants. A Grey Partridge in the Desert was an unexpected surprise; formerly more regular in the area but in recent years has become much rarer.
Temninck’s Stint in what we call the Sand Pit, western pit of Scotney gravel pit complex (nearest Jury Gap) at 2.00 which is East Sussex My useless collection of pics and my eye…
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Dungeness. A tired Cattle Egret getting a warm reception from the local Gulls as comes in off the sea this afternoon. A wisp of Bar-tailed Godwits high over the tanker miles out in the channel.
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1st-winter Yellow-legged Gull (H6ET) at Dungeness, Kent on 14th February 2024. Received ringing details back today - first sighting since it was ringed as a chick at Hörsteiner See near Frankfurt, Germany on 23rd May 2023. @DungenessBO
Y’day’s SBBO walk at Dungeness saw plenty of migrants -7 L Whitethroat, 21 Sedge Warbler, 6 C Whitethroat, 2 C Tern, Sand & House Martins, 15 Swallows, Little Gull, C Sandpiper, Greenshank + G N Diver, Bittern & Bearded Tit! 72 Sp! @Sandwichbirdobs @DungenessBO
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Yesterday there was a decent fall of migrants across Bardsey! 🔭 214 Blackcap, 248 Willow Warbler, 27 Chiffchaff (one Siberian), Firecrest, 20 Redwing, three Tree Pipit were logged. Also two Pied Flycatchers, including this male hunting from a sheltered cliffside #BardseyBirds
A couple of shots of the Purple Heron, from this morning at the Long Pits, Dungeness, which appeared at about 9am, and was seen heading SW out to sea by a number of the locals at around 10.30am, the pics have come out a bit better than I was hoping 🤔.
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