22/08/2026

An early morning visit to The Midrips along the Green Wall, found 40+Willow Warblers gorging themselves on a large hatching of flys, they joined by at least 6 Wheatears and c20 each of Pied Wagtails and Meadow Pipits, these attracted the attention of a Hobby, unusually I only saw 2 Yellow Wagtails when normally there are tens of them present. A juvenile Marsh Harrier was quartering the marsh which on had a single Whimbrel and 3 Dunlin on it,  in the Sueda a brief view of a Grasshopper Warbler.

Again today there was no sign of the Golden Plover flock.

Every Rock seemed to have a fly catching Willow Warbler on it

Around the margins of the old sand pit at Jurys Gap at least 9 Ruff, 6 Common Sandpipers, a Green Sandpiper and 2 Dunlin, a Curlew and 2 Redshank flew through.

Ruff

Ruff with spume on its feet

Feeding Ruff

Feeding Ruff

Possible Hybrid Caspian x Yellow-legged Gull at the fishing boats this afternoon

An extraordinary late afternoon today, while sitting with Dave Bunney eating Sheila's delicious Ice Cream at Southview where there was Pied Flycatcher and a Redstart, due to the woeful internet coverage at Dungeness. I was totally unaware that there was Wood Warbler and a Wryneck showing well in The Moat. Thanks to a a phone call from Colin who some how managed to get through to me to let me know about them. On arrival the Wryneck was showing very well and did so for at least an hour before being chased off into the Brambles by a Fox. A little further around The Moat the Wood Warbler was showing intermittently, I was way to slow to get any usable images.

Wryneck in the Broome in The Moat

A very showy Wryneck

Cattle Egret at Boulderwall