Saturday 16 November 2002

16th November 2002 Dungeness 7.00am - 9.30am. Beachy 11.00am - 4.00pm. Cuckmere 4.15-4.30pm. Overcast but calm with light SE wind

Canada Goose c.100 Cuckmere
Pochard c.50 roadside Dungeness
Skua sp. headless corspe. Very dark upperwings with some ginger streaks. Underwings consisted of black lesser coverts, dark grey median and greater coverts, grey secondaries and white bases to primaries. (At least) Outermost primary a retained older generation feather. Underparts a matt ashy grey. Reported as possibly Brown Skua.
Little Gull 2 at patch
Tawny Owl 1 Belle Toute
Pallas’s Warbler 1 Dungeness Beach. Bright individual with pale yellow rump.
Siskin 2 Dungeness
Village Weaver 1 adult male Chat Vale calling high-pitched Buillfinch-like call