Cold, cloudy, showers, SW3 - After a week away up country, dealing with family matters, it felt great to be back home on the Marsh and out birding with Ted this morning, even if the weather was grim. We took a long sweeping walk around Lade and Kerton wetlands taking in Mockmill and returning via the beach. The five wintering Goldeneyes on the lakes contrasted with at least four pairs of Great Crested Grebes in various stages of their nuptials, along with singing Dunnock, Great Tit, Cetti`s Warbler and Song Thrush on the land. North lake attracted five Mediterranean Gulls while a Marsh Harrier and two Buzzards were noted over towards the airfield. Our next port-of-call was Dungeness where the assistant warden Jacob had returned for another summer season; typically, he`d already found a decent bird - a Slavonian Grebe on the sea, and no doubt may more will follow over the coming months.
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