A quieter day all round

A much quieter day at Dungeness. On the the sea just 1 Pomarine Skua, a few Scoter, Terns and Barwits and a Hobby in.

With news that the Red-rumped Swallow was still at Greatstone sewage works myself, TG and DR went to see if we could get views than we had yesterday. When we got there most of the Hirundines had gone along with the Swallow. We went to Lade to check the pits there but no Hirundines there either.

Back at Dungeness a Stone Curlew had been reported in The Desert, but no one new anything about it and despite a search by a group of us nothing was found.

Another hours sea watch was not very productive except for 2 Eider and adult and imature drake at C13.30. These were probably the 2 seen from Birling Gap by John Cooper et al. Also 2 Eider were recorded at Selsey Bill this morning by Bernie Forbes, Dorian Mason and Dave Smith. It would be interesting to know if these were the same birds and the time they were seen.   



 A walk along the canal at Warehorn this afternoon found the 3 Nightingales still singing, 2 Lesser Whitethroats, a Garden Warbler, 2 Chiffchaffs, 2 Yellowhammers, a Bullfinch, a Cuckoo, a Hobby and this handsome Song Thrush finding lots of worms for its young.