Mild, overcast, S2 - A grim, dank morning for a circuit of Dengeamarsh with Ted where he encountered an electrified sheep fence for the first, and hopefully for him judging by his reaction, the last time! A flock of 50 Corn Buntings in a rank field at the back of Hookers was the best of the passerines that also included a few Reed Buntings, Skylarks, Pied Wagtails, Meadow Pipits, Song Thrushes and a pair of Stonechats. The flooded hayfields held hundreds of Lapwings, Shovelers, Wigeons and Teals, plus a pair of Shelducks while several Marsh Harriers, Great White Egrets and Grey Herons were noted during the walk. Back at Lydd a pause for a natter with Martin C delivered six distant Pink-footed Geese in the misty, arable fields opposite, plus 10 Golden Plovers, 20 Stock Doves and a couple of hundred Greylags. A check of the Scotney front lakes and sward revealed few feral geese, but hundreds of Golden Plovers, Lapwings and common wintering ducks. On the bird reserve the two divers remained on Burrowes.
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