Scotney - mild, dry and cloudy, light airs - Having been off the Marsh for most of this week it was good to spend the morning with Ted birding the fields behind the old sand pit before checking the front sward and lakes back towards Lydd. The spectacle was provided by several thousand each of Lapwings and Golden Plovers swirling overhead and nervously feeding amongst the winter cereal trying to avoid the attention of a hunting Peregrine. A single Bewick`s Swan was noted on a distant rape-seed field along with several Mute Swans, hundreds of feral Greylag, Canada, Barnacle and Egyptian Geese, two Buzzards and a Kestrel. Weedy field margins attracted a few passerines including 100 Skylarks, 20 Linnets, 20 Tree Sparrows, 15 Stonechats and a several Meadow Pipits, Goldfinches, Chaffinches, Reed Buntings and a Snipe. The lakes held a variety of wintering Pochard, Teal, Tufted Duck and Wigeon, plus Green Sandpiper, Redshank and Curlew, while the roadside lakes were quieter but did include the long-staying Black-necked Grebe.
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