Strong westerly wind and drizzle made for a thoroughly miserable day at Dungeness today. 

 Feeding Frenzy!

09.00-10.00 from the fishing boats: 

Brent Goose: 20E

Common Scoter: 1W

Red-throated Diver: 5E        13W

Great-crested Grebe: c40 present

Fulmar: 3W

Gannet: 4E   15W

Cormorant: c200 present

Turnstone: 4 on beach

Caspian Gull: the regular 1w bird at the puddles

Glaucous Gull: the regular 1w bird at the puddles

Kittiwake: 43W

Guillemot: 223W

Razorbill: 1W

Auk sp: 32W

 Whiting swallowed whole

North Thames U6ST in the puddles

On the reserve both Long-eared Owls showing today per SB. From the entrance track 3 Smew including the drake, along with 100s each of Lapwing and Golden Plover. At a windswept Scotney the usual feral Geese on the sward with 8 Ringed Plover, 6 Dunlin and 2 Curlew. A wander around Pigwell saw nothing of note.