Warm, dry and sunny, N2 - This autumn has been notable for the huge numbers of Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs (particularly the latter) that have filtered through our parks, gardens and coastal scrub; and this morning was no different with Chiffs seemingly in every bush and small flocks of Blackcaps fattening up on blackberries along the margins of the Trapping Area. Across Dungeness foreshore and Desert the following were noted grounded: 50 Meadow Pipits, 30 Stonechats, 20 Linnets, 10 Wheatears, five Skylarks and four Greenfinches, while the highlight was a Short-eared Owl disturbed from ground cover in the Desert. Amongst the aforementioned warblers was a single Common Whitethroat. Moving onto Lade where loads more Chiffchaffs were present around the ponds plus a Goldcrest in the fir trees. Over north lake a juvenile Black Tern hawked insects and two Kingfishers zipped over the water.
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