Dungeness - warm, dry and sunny, w 3 - We started the day at the point checking the bushes for grounded migrants. Half a dozen Blackcaps, Willow Warbler, Lesser and Common Whitethroats and several Stonechats and Wheatears were noted in and around the moat, while a mixed flock near the war memorial comprised six Black Redstarts, eight Stonechats, four more Wheatears, Common Redstart and Common Whitethroat. Also noted three Kestrels, Siskin and Grey Wagtail over calling and various flocks of Linnets and Starlings.
A brief look at the front fields at Scotney delivered several Yellow Wagtails and all the usual feral geese. Moving onto Dengemarsh, and despite the wind picking up, two Whinchats and Meadow Pipits noted along the hayfield fenceline, plus up to 50 Yellow Wagtails on hayfield 2 amongst the cattle. Also several each of Great White and Little Egrets, three Marsh Harriers, Buzzard and Kingfisher, while at Boulderwall at least three Cattle Egrets were seen amongst the stock. We finished the day at the point with a seawatch from the concrete road where 100 Sandwich Terns, 10 Gannets and two Mediterranean Gulls were on the move.
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