Dungeness - cool and cloudy, SW 4 - This afternoon we commenced a bird tour for two of our regular guests, Clare and Peter. With reports of Manx Shearwaters on the move in the Channel a one hour sea watch from the hide delivered a trickle of Gannets, Fulmars, Common Scoters, Kittiwakes and Sandwich Terns, but the shearwaters had dried up.
Moving onto Dengemarsh where Yellow Wagtails were very much in evidence in the field by Springfield Bridge along with Skylark, Reed Bunting, Linnet and Kestrel. Around the Hayfields it was good to see two well-grown Lapwing chicks amongst the adults on Hayfield 3, plus Redshanks, Gadwall, Shoveler, Little Egrets, Sedge and Reed Warblers and an immature Hobby sat on the track by Hayfield 2 looking in poor condition, no doubt due to the frigid air temperature keeping large flying insects to a minimum. From the bridge, five Ravens over, plus Marsh Harrier, Great White Egret and hundreds of Swifts over the reed bed.
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