Dengemarsh - cool, cloudy, NE 2 - Yesterdays welcome rain showers soon cleared leaving a cold night and early morning for a circular walk around Dengemarsh. From Springfield bridge ten Cattle Egrets and a family of five Ravens flew over while the first of three singing Corn Buntings was in the field by the flood. A Greenshank flew over hayfield 3 calling and a pair of Redshanks had a well grown fledgling close to the gate, while hayfield 2 held the mobile Cattle Egret flock, three Avocets, two Redshanks and a Ringed Plover. Elsewhere on the reserve the usual warblers, Marsh Harriers, two booming Bitterns, Bearded Tits, several Hobbies, a Cuckoo and 20 Lapwings by the corral. The arable lands of Manor Farm yielded two more pairs of Corn Buntings, singing Skylarks and Meadow Pipits. Half way down the track to the farm I noticed a well-marked male flava wagtail singing from atop a bramble patch that on closer inspection morphed into a Blue-headed Wagtail. Close by was a female Yellow Wagtail, which I assumed was its mate; if so a flava x flavissima hybrid should produce some `Channel Wagtail` progeny! Late afternoon a smart female Red-footed Falcon was found over Dengemarsh which soon settled in hawking for insects amongst the Hobbies over Hookers.
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