Red Kites

Lade - warm, dry and sunny, ne 2 - A much warmer day today as the wind had backed off. However, there was little of note on the local patch this morning apart from a few more Whitethroats and Sedge Warblers in overnight, while DS noted at least six Wheatears on the Desert just before I arrived.
Whilst working in the garden late morning alarm calls went up from the resident passerines and I eventually caught sight of two high Red Kites drifting north over the cottage; several others were also reported locally today.
  On the bird reserve Spoonbills and Garganeys were seen on Dengemarsh, while the Cattle Egrets and Crane were also present (per MC).