Hello
Just back in from a couple of days down at Dungeness in Kent - very violent weather yesterday with strong winds and a deluge of rain in the evening, followed by a calm, sunny day today.
Yesterday was all about sea-watching as Gannets, Kittiwakes and Razorbills headed into the strong southerlies punctuated by a few Little Gulls, Great Crested Grebes and Red-throated Divers and a Sooty Shearwater. An Eider dived just off-shore and big gulls sheltered nearby hoping for some bread.
Today and a walk down to the Long Pits in warm weather provided plenty of Common Darters, Chiffchaffs, a few Goldcrests, a noisy Dartford Warbler, a couple of Cetti's Warblers, a Marsh Harrier and a significant Stock Dove passage.
In the county today and an adult Kittiwake at Summer Leys LNR was a nice find but sadly the bird looks ill. An Otter again showed very well on the reserve on and off all day and particularly well from the Rotary and Double-decker hides and the Marsh Harrier was present too.
Stanford Reservoir's gull roost continues to prove profitable with three Mediterranean Gulls and other birds included eight Red-crested Pochard, a Water Rail, two Cetti's Warblers, a Chiffchaff, four Bramblings and two Lesser Redpolls.
Another Mediterranean Gull was in the gull roost at Hollowell Reservoir this afternoon and an afternoon at Harrington Airfield was good for a Short-eared Owl, a Barn Owl and about one hundred and eighty Golden Plovers.
A juvenile Dark-bellied Brent Goose was a new bird in on the main pit at Stanwick Pits today, the male Bearded Tit showed there again and the Wood Sandpiper was seen again in the Scaldwell Bay at Pitsford Reservoir.
Just across the border at Eyebrook Reservoir a drake Scaup and a redhead Smew plus two Red-crested Pochard were present today.
Regards
Neil M
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| Great Black-backed Gull. |
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| Herring Gull. |
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| Kittiwakes. |
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| Dartford Warbler. |
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