Six ticks & good day at Dungeness.

On the way to Dungeness by 5am See's us set off in fine weather but as we cross the bridge & head into Kent it gets a bit foggy & it hangs around till around 8 am, so we delay going up to the beach & drive around & pick out our first Wheatear of the year & a pair of Raven give us another year tick by the moat but we get no sign of any Black Redstart.
With the sun now burning of the fog it's up to the beach where we soon pick out a few Sandwich Tern & Brian gets us on a single Common Tern a real good spot that one among the hundreds of Gulls over the patch.Many Porpoise show with the sea being so calm it was easy to spot them as they broke surface.
A drive to New Diggings gets jimmy & I a year tick when we spot a pair of Black-necked Grebe.A single Great-white Egret is spotted before we head down to the visitor centre stopping on the way to get another look at the long staying Ring-necked Duck in the pool by the farm, on the drive down we hear our first Sedge Warbler & then see one flutter up for a sighting we hear more as the day goes on.
A quick look over the dipping pool gets us another look at the Long-eared Owl before it's off to Elmley to finish off the day.      
                                             

Long-eared Owl

The Ring-necked duck