Lade - cloudy, mild, dry, w 3 - We kicked off the week with a wander around Long Pits and out across the Desert where an out-of-control spaniel flushed two Snipes and a Jack Snipe from the marshy ground around the `wigwams`. In the bushes a couple of Chiffchaffs, two Goldcrests the usual tits, flyover Goldfinches, Redpolls, Siskin and a Brambling.
A late Swallow flew south over Littlestone just before midday. A check of the local patch revealed the first two redhead Goosanders of the season briefly on north lake (initially in the channel by the `mirrors`) before flying off towards the airport. A search of south lake drew a predictable blank as this sawbill rarely tarries for long on any of the still waters across the Dungeness peninsula. The Long-tailed Duck was still present on Scotney pits (OL).
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