Odds and Ends

Dungeness - warm, dry and sunny sw2 - Had a scoot around the bird reserve this afternoon. A lone Brent and 2 Little Gulls was all I could muster on ARC, while from Springfield Bridge the Bittern was `booming` regularly. A large mixed flock of Swifts and House Martins over Hookers contained nothing unusual and a Redshank was making the most of the fast shrinking mud on the flood. Checked in at the Visitor Centre and had a quick yarn with Hawkeye and Wealdman, who also had nothing to report. It began to feel like a quiet day at the end of spring migration really...