Cold, cloudy, W 4 - Had a run out to Dungeness this afternoon where nothing much had changed since my last visit. The mixed flock of Cattle and Little Egrets were still camped in the paddock at Cockles Bridge, along with the ubiquitous Buzzard sat on a fence post keeping a close watch. Across a windswept bird reserve all the usual wildfowl and Marsh Harriers were noted. A cursory look at the sea from the fishing boats produced a few Guillemots and Great Crested Grebes close in, plus two Harbour Porpoises and a Grey Seal, while a trickle of Gannets and Red-throated Divers passed well offshore. Bird of the afternoon whilst checking the waders at the Tavern viewpoint went to a cracking brown Merlin that barrelled in over the bay chasing a Starling.
Over the weekend the only noteworthy was a Red Kite, my first of the season, high over NR trying to evade the Herring Gulls.
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