Monday 20 April 2015

First Black Tern and Cuckoo

Dungeness - 0730hrs - cool, sunny, ne 3 - Joined TG and PB in the seawatch hide for 30 minutes during which time nothing much happened apart from a few Whimbrel and scoter moving up-Channel. However, at the Patch our first Black Tern of the year was wheeling over the boil along with 100 or so Common Terns. Passerines were virtually absent and a Sparrowhawk zipped along the power station wall.
Lade - Fairly quiet here too with the highlight being the first Cuckoo of the spring calling from the willow swamp. Also, four Whimbrel overhead and 20 Swallows over south lake.

2 comments:

  1. Your blog really is exceptional, I don't think a day has gone by without you seeing some new migrant - talk about living in exactly the right spot.

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  2. We do take a lot for-granted at Dungeness, and its only when I have guests in that I`m reminded how good it really is. We`re all getting a little bit excited down here at the weather forecast for this coming Friday - a change in the wind direction and rain, it could be a cracker for both seabirds and landbirds, so watch this space...

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