Spotted Flycatcher in the Willow Trail
After a brief improvement in the sea watching at Dungeness normal service has been resumed, yesterday and today it was very poor with little recorded. Another long walk around the peninsula today was very hard going considering it is early September. Around the point I saw a few each of Willow Warbler, Common and Lesser Whitethroat, Wheatears a few Hirundines over and the resident Stonechats, Dunnocks etc.
The view from the Firth Fence. Not a bird to be seen.
A Walk around the reserve was even poorer, 12 Little Egrets on Burrowes, a flock of 30 Golden Plover were the only waders. In front of Firth that used to be one of the best hides absolutely no birds due to them being flushed the moment anyone walks in front of the ridiculous new fence. The New Excavations are now nigh on impossible to view on the walk from Makepiece to Scott.
Hayfield 2 is rapidly drying out, so no birds were seen there Hayfield 1 is dry with just a few grazing feral Greylags, same applies to Hayfield 3. Few birds were seen on the return trail.
One of Whinchat at Galloways this afternoon
Common Whitethroat Galloways
Garden Warbler ARC car park
Hummingbird Hawkmoth that has been visiting my garden regularly
We are coming up on Monday for 4days after reading this, think I'll bring a book just incase things don't improve
ReplyDeleteFingers crossed for you Ken.
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