Dungeness - warm, dry and sunny, light airs - Another cracking day of spring weather; ideal for searching the bushes for grounded migrants, not so much for seabirds on a flat calm Channel. There was a small fall of at least 15 Wheatears along the foreshore between the lifeboat station and the new lighthouse plus two Black Redstarts by the fishing boats and another two male birds holding territory in the corner of A Station. Plenty more Linnets had moved in since my last visit while a few Willow Warblers, Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps and Common Whitethroats were present in and around the Trapping Area plus a male Peregrine perched atop a pylon.
Moving on to Scotney where few wildfowl remained on the front lakes from the winter but did include a pair of Teal a Black-necked Grebe and a flyover Green Sandpiper. Outback at least 10 recently arrived Yellow Wagtails were noted on the farmland along with a couple of Corn Buntings, a Sedge Warbler, two Reed Buntings, several Skylarks and Pied Wagtails. The main lake was full of prospecting Black-headed, Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gulls.
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