Mild, dry and sunny SW2 - For a change of scene today`s Ted walk took us to Dengemarsh Gully, one of my least favourite sites locally as I hardly ever find anything decent there, and this morning was no different. Two Stonechats, four Robins and a Wren was the sum small bird total, plus a Kestrel, a Raven and thousands of gulls (mostly Black-headed Gulls) at Penn Bars on the beach and the sea. En-route to the bird reserve four Cattle and two Little Egrets were in the fields at Cockles Bridge while a Great White overflew the road at Boulderwall. At the back of Cooks Pool six Pink-footed Geese were nervously feeding on the fields, a scarce winter visitor here so good to see. On Burrowes the Great Northern Diver was still present, while the Long-tailed Duck was noted from the causeway road gate.
Elsewhere this week we`ve been walking the local farmland where several Chiffchaffs have been located, and a wind-swept Pirate Springs on Monday where 100 each of Sanderling and Turnstone were logged along the strandline at high tide.
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