Ring Ouzels

Dungeness - warm, dry, cloudy, light airs - A goodish couple of hours at the Point first thing with the lighthouse garden busy with finches, tits, Robins, four Goldcrests (the most I`ve seen all autumn so far), several Blackbirds, a Song Thrush and five Chiffchaffs, plus a calling Yellow-browed Warbler that soon fell silent. A Ring Ouzel flew around the lighthouse calling before eventually disappearing over the power station where a Black Redstart was noted. Overhead a few Goldfinches, Siskins, Mipits and Skylarks.
  A circular walk of the bird reserve this morning for five guests delivered highlights of 200 Goldies and 12 Great White Egrets on Burrowes, Ring Ouzel from the Return Trail, five Marsh Harriers, Ruff, Snipe, Bearded Tit and Raven on Dengemarsh. The warm sunshine and light airs encouraged a myriad of insects onto the wing including scores of Red Admirals (some barely able to fly they were so battered), Speckled Woods, Small Copper and a Common Blue, plus plenty of Migrant Hawkers and Common Darters.

                               Worn female Common Blue

                               Buzzard, Mockmill

Lade - Another Ring Ouzel at the back of Mockmill this afternoon hurtled over towards the `mirrors`. Also noted four Great White Egrets, two Swallows, Buzzard and Marsh Harrier. The garden moth trap was once again bulging with Black Rustics, plus Plumed Fan-foot, Vestal, Delicate and Silver Y amongst the migrants and Angle Shades, 10 Large Wainscots, White-points and Blair`s Shoulder-knot.

                                Angle Shades, Large Wainscot and Vestal