Lade - Cold, dry and cloudy, SE 2 - A grim morning for a circuit of the local patch where the highlights on south lake were four Goldeneyes amongst the usual wintering Pochards, Tufted Ducks, Shovelers and Gadwalls. A mixed flock of around 30 passerines included mainly Long-tailed Tits and at least three Chiffchaffs straggling behind in the scrub beside north lake, while willow clearance along the causeway has made for easier viewing across the water. Walking back along the foreshore a smear of birds along the distant tideline proved to be Cormorants, at least 3,000 of them!
Elsewhere these past few days visits to Dungeness delivered more wintering Chiffchaffs in the lighthouse garden and trapping area, the Long-tailed Duck and Great Northern Diver on New Diggings and five Cattle Egrets along the airport road.
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