It's late morning and a Whiskered Tern has just been found on Burrowes Pit at Dungeness. It's a lifer for all three of us. The only problem is dad has a hospital appointment.
Three hours later we finally hit the road. It's another anxious 2 hours before we pull into the car park at Dungeness. I thought the hide would be full, but there was only one person present and they had not seen the Tern! Thankfully and with much relief it's soon spotted flying low across the water and then lands on a shingle island in front of the hide.
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| Whiskered Tern |
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| Whiskered Tern |
The hide quickly started to fill up as birders began arriving from work. Dad still needed the Serin for a year tick so we made the six-mile journey to Littlestone in search of it. Unfortunately, there was no sign of the bird, and the search was cut short when news of a Roseate Tern was reported on the same pit as the Whiskered Tern! I was just as anxious to see the Roseate Tern as I was to see the Whiskered Tern as it was another lifer for me. I'd dipped a few of these birds on several occasions, but thankfully it was resting on the shingle island when we entered the hide.
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| Roseate tern |
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| Roseate Tern |
It soon took off and headed high towards the power station giving some nice flight views as it went.
The anxious five-hour wait at home and on route had well and truly paid off today.
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