Dungeness gets us to 200

Off to Dung again after seeing what went through there on sat.We arrive just after 6 o'clock & up onto the beach, the hide was packed so we parked up at the side of the hide that gave us a bit of shelter from the wind , as the time goes on a good amount of birders arrive & a few birds had started to pass by, over the next two hours we see 4 Red-throated Divers plus 1 Black-throated, then they are followed by a few Eiders, then we pick up the first tick of the day when many Arctic Terns pass through, next up we get a nice close view of both Great Skua & Arctic Skua that gives us all another 2 ticks. Sandwich Tern also spotted for one more tick.
Off now to Arc pit & we pick up 2 Black Tern, been a couple of times to K G Res this week & missed them so good to get them here.
On to the reserve now 2 Black-winged Stilt reported by Christmas dell Hide, as we a get near the Stilts can be seen not far from the path so that saves a little bit of walking, we don't need these for a year tick, we had seen 2 overs Bowers a  couple of weeks ago, these 2 birds were a bit nearer to us so very nice to see. As we stand watching the Stilts a bonus bird drops in to join us, it's a Wood Sandpiper we all need this for a year tick, good views to start with then it get a bit elusive.    Then a couple of ladies tell us that Little Tern has just been seen at Ach Pit so as we need this for a tick it's back again, but this time we visit the hide. Only inside a couple of minutes & Brian picks out a couple of the Terns to give me one more tick for year.
A visit to Elmley on the way home as we always enjoy our visits there, the drive down to the car park is full of photo opportunities & it's  very pleasurable just to drive a few yards & then to just stop as something else drops down, no rushing here it's up to us where to stop.
As it turns out the weather closed in & the light got quite bad for any real good photos, first up we see a real good view of Yellow Wagtail with plenty of them walking about, many Lapwing as usual with Red Shank also in abundance.
A pair of Ringed Plover show at the side of the track with the intention of nest building, I hope they pick a better spot as this is very precarious.
So with 7 year ticks in the bag & after a nice warmish day birding it's taken both Jimmy & myself up to 200 ticks so far for the year.

The two Stilt

Yellow Wagtail

             

Skylark

Wood sandpiper