As it was very misty and murky this morning I gave the sea watch a miss, enabling me to have an early breakfast instead, despite the murky conditions the Lesser Whitethroat was the first bird to visit the feeders, it was also the last late this afternoon in the pouring rain.
I took the opportunity of being at home to get some domestic stuff done, until a message came from PT that a Spoonbill had just dropped into the Scotney main pit by the large island, a couple of miutes later I joined Paul to find the bird was hidden behind the island, I went back to the farm track where it was visible from albeit distantly. That is the first area record of the year and is probably the Rye bird having a fly around.
Greater White-fronted Geese with a single Brent Goose at Dennes Lane today
2 Bewick Swans at Dennes Lane today.
After stopping at Dennes lane I went further out onto Walland looking for more Wild Swans but found none, indeed I saw very little avian life on the marsh this morning. At Cockles Bridge there still 30 Bewick Swans but I could see no Whoopers.
Early afternoon from Dennis's Hide in the company of JY I saw my first Caspian Gull of the year and a handful of Goldeneye, but no sign of the Great Northern Diver. By mid afternoon the rain was falling.
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