Sunday - Park Wood, Appledore - An early morning outing to the woods for Nightingales drew a blank in the council owned section of the complex, although there was a bird singing from the eastern arm of Great Heron Wood. The only other migrants present were several Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs, plus a lone Willow Warbler along with all the expected resident tits, finches, woodpeckers and the like. With the woodland canopy not yet closed the ground flora was in fine nick including some spectacular Bluebell vistas. A pause at the Warehorne crossing on the way home also delivered a singing Nightingale, Yellowhammer and Cetti`s Warbler, while Buzzards seemed to be soaring above every patch of trees.
Monday - Dungeness - 0545- 0815 hrs -cold and cloudy, light airs - A seawatch from the hide first thing was notable for over 200 Brents and three Velvet Scoters up-Channel, plus a trickle of Common Scoters, Sandwich Terns and Gannets, two Red-throated Divers, two Fulmars, a Shoveler, a Curlew, a Whimbrel, three Oystercatchers, 10 Common Terns, five Kittiwakes, four Arctic Skuas and a Bonxie.
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