Lydd - cool, overcast, rain and mist, NE2 - I spent the morning assisting with the annual `Heron Watch` atop All Saints church tower, in less than perfect weather conditions; Les and Chris got the first two groups up but after that we had to pause until the afternoon as the heavy rain made it too hazardous. However, together with my ground visits in March and April, I reckon there to be 21 occupied Grey Heron and five Little Egret nests in the heronry, slightly down on last year but still with plenty of `branchers` being fed by the adults before the rain hit. Also noted from the 132 foot viewpoint, a pair of Common Buzzards, a Raven and several House Martins amongst hundreds of Rooks and Jackdaws coming and going with food for their young.
Over the weekend our Ted walks across the farmland tracts around New Romney have resulted in a few more Reed Warblers taking up territories along the sewer margins and several families of Mallards on the water, plus singing Blackcaps, Chiffchaffs, Cetti`s Warbler, a lone Cuckoo and a couple of Whimbrels over calling. Yesterday we visited Park Wood on the Weald in glorious sunshine and where the only Nightingale was a bird singing from the adjacent Great Heron Wood. There were plenty of Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs in song, plus all the expected resident species including Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Great Spotted Woodpecker and Jay. On the way home we paused at Kennardington crossing where at least three Turtle Doves were noted, including a male displaying overhead, another singing Nightingale, a few Linnets, Yellowhammers and a Blackcap.
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