Saturday, 3 May 2025

03/05/2025

A record image of my first Spotted Flycatcher of the year at Dungeness today
Sea watching was very slow this morning, so I went for a walk around the area bumping into a Spotted Flycatcher and a Ring Ouzel of note. Also a couple of Wheatears and a Whinchat which eluded the camera.

A Skulking female Ring Ouzel at the top end of the TA this morning
A fly catching Wheatear with bling today

A Greenland Wheatear in The Desert today
A late afternoon visit to Lydd Ranges, 22 Avocets, 43 Whimbrel, 6 Bar-tailed Godwits, 4 Greenshanks, 17 Redshanks, 7 Turnstone, 8 Sanderling, 14 Dunlin, 3 Grey Plover, 12 Ringed plover, Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Terns, Yellow Wagtails, Wheatears and 10+ Painted Ladies. Ther was very little news form the reserve today apart from 2 Avocets from Hanson Hide.
Bar-tailed Godwit and Avocet at Lydd Ranges late afternoon
1 of 4 Greenshanks at Lydd Ranges late afternoon
                                     1 of 2 Little Terns at Lydd Ranges late afternoon

1 of at least 10 Painted Ladies along the Green Wall at Lydd Ranges today

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