Dengemarsh - mild, cloudy, NW2 - We spent the morning birding the gully followed by the long circular walk around the wetlands and farmland. As per usual (for me, anyway!) the gully was virtually bird-less apart from a few Goldfinches, Redpolls and Siskins overhead and a pair of `cronking` Ravens. Penn Bars too was quiet as was a flat calm sea. However, walking back towards the field by Springfield Bridge things livened up somewhat with plenty of Reed Buntings, Goldfinches, Meadow Pipits, Linnets and Chiffchaffs feeding on weed-seeds, plus a perched Wheatear and a very shy Redstart by the footpath sign. The lake was covered in hundreds of Greylags recently, arrived from their overnight feeding grounds, alongside Wigeon, Teal, Shoveler, two Great White Egrets, several Marsh Harriers, Kestrels and Buzzards and a Kingfisher at Hookers. But, bird of the day was Bearded Tit with numerous flight views of small parties helicoptering above the reed-beds, constantly `pinging`, feeding atop the phragmites and from the ramp two briefly on the recently spruced-up grit tray; they really are very watchable birds. More flocks of common finches, Meadow Pipits and Reed Buntings were noted on the track around hayfield 2.
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