Cloudy, dry, E2 - Since my last post we`ve been out and about daily across the Dungeness peninsula, Lade, Pirate Springs and around New Romney, but there has been little to report, despite seemingly fair birding conditions in a light easterly airflow. A few Chiffchaffs, even fewer Goldcrests, Blackbirds and Song Thrushes were noted in the bushes, plus a Dartford Warbler today in the gully and several others scattered across the desert and the Kerton triangle this week. Overhead passage has been pitifully low on larks, pipits, finches, buntings and the like, while 10 Redwings over Hope Lane and two yesterday at the Springs was about it. Having said that the bird reserve has produced the usual Cattle Egrets (nine at Bouderwall this morning), with a Red-throated Diver and a Black-necked Grebe having taken up residence on Burrowes. The garden moth trap continues to be productive, mainly due to double figure temperatures and light airs, with a Dark Sword-grass the highlight last night.
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