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Retired to the coast to spend time birding around the Dungeness Peninsula

Joined March 2018
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Bewick Swans trying a bit of ice skating today at Walland Marsh
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Video of a humpback whale sighted off Dungeness point this afternoon
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Merlin on Dungeness beach this morning trying to shelter from the cold south easterly
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Yesterday’s 1W Glaucous Gull on Dungeness beach near to fishing boats
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Merlin on the beach yesterday near Dungeness Lifeboat Station. It had just tried to catch a black redstart which fortunately was able to escape.
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The Black-necked Grebes still present at Dungeness RSPB today showing well in the afternoon sunshine
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Yesterday at Dungeness RSPB while watching a Slavonian and Black-necked Grebes, a Red-throated Diver popped up right in front of the Makepeace view point. Excellent views couldn’t have been any closer.
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Gannets fishing in Lade Bay this morning
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Spoonbill on Lade beach this evening along with 7 Little Egrets. Nice bird to see from the lounge window.
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Firecrest in garden this morning 😊
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Western Bonnelli’s Warbler showed really well at Dungeness this morning
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Excellent views of a Wryneck at Dungeness yesterday evening sitting in a bramble bush in the sunshine
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Black Terns from Hanson hide Dungeness RSPB yesterday evening
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Avocet with two newly hatched chicks at Rye Harbour NR.
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Excellent views of the two Bee-eaters at ARC, Dungeness today
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Male Woodchat Shrike at Dungeness RSPB this afternoon
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Heavily cropped image of distant Pomarine Skua passing Dungeness this morning
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Summer plumage Spotted Redshank at Rye Harbour NR
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Lesser Whitethroat in garden this morning. Only my third garden record.
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Great views of a Hoopoe today at Littlestone sand dunes.
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