Lade - cool, sunny, W3 - Apart from brief visits to Littlestone and Dungeness earlier in the week I haven`t been able to get into the field much of late due to a combination of family stuff and the poor weather. However, today the weather was superb with bright sunshine and a fresh breeze, ideal for a circuit of the local patch. South lake continues to attract good numbers of Shovelers with 325 counted this morning along with a respectable 32 Great Crested Grebes, plus four Grey Herons, six Little and a Great White Egret. The sheltered ponds area yielded several Blackbirds, Robins, Chiffchaffs and Great Tits as well as a single Ring Ouzel which was pretty unusual here. A tardy Swallow paused briefly over north lake while a Common Buzzard heading south along the coastal strip incurred the wrath of the local Jackdaws and Herring Gulls. The Desert section was quiet with just a couple of Stonechats and Meadow Pipits of note.
We then moved onto Kerton Road where the old quarry was almost bird-less apart from a few common wildfowl and gulls; although a Dartford Warbler in the triangle scrub was a bonus. The RSPB reserve was likewise quiet, mainly due to ongoing conservation work with the boat out on Burrowes lake and heavy plant working on the Bouldwall fields project. On the high tide at Littlestone this afternoon 52 Turnstones were foraging along the tideline and a lone Red-throated Diver fished offshore.
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