Wednesday, 22 August 2018

22/08/2018 American Black Tern at Dungeness.

Wednesday 22 August 2018
RSPB Dungeness

  • Nice to twitch the American Black Tern at Dungeness this afternoon after a text from Andrew alerted me to its presence.  The bird was on the far side of Burrowes from the Makepeace Hide and was patrolling up and down the waters behind the islands.  There were at least 20 Black Terns around as well. 

American Black Tern
courtesy of Rich Bonser and Twitter

A UK first for me - my 6th of the year!

Pity I forgot to take my scope and bins with me - thankfully I hired some bins and a kind Sussex birder allowed me to view the bird in his scope.

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