Waxwings

Sea watch The Point Dungeness 08.15-09.00:

Red-throated Diver: 47w    26E

Gannet: c15 off shore

Brent Goose: 9E

Shelduck: 28w    16E

Wigeon: 9w

Common Scoter: 32w    8E

Red-breasted Merganser: 2w

3w Glaucous Gull: 1 on beach

Yellow-legged Gull: 1ad on beach

Mediterranean Gull: 1w

Kittiwake: 16E  4w

Auk sp: 138E        49w

Starling: c140 in

Black-throated Diver taken in terrible light conditions

 Driving across the causeway 2 Great White Egrets could be seen on the New Diggings, around the Tower Pits 4 Common Snipe, 2 Marsh Harriers, 2  Cetti's Warblers, a Chiffchaff, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpeckers and 15+ Tree Sparrows in the car park.
A check of Scotney found a Slavonian Grebe at the Sussex end but little else of note.
Back at New Diggings after hearing of a diver sp there (PT). The diver was soon located and turned out to be juvenile Black-throated Diver. Most of the afternoon was spent with MH in his new all singing all dancing Chelsea tractor visiting Denge Marsh, where apart from a Marsh Harrier Little of note was seen, a look from Dennis's hide found 4 Goldeneye, a Great White Egret and distant views of the Diver. We then drove round to Galloways which was very disappointing as nothing of note was seen.
Leaving MH I started for home, reaching Lydd roundabout I got a call from BB about 5 Waxwings at Cheyne Court, 5 minutes later I pulled up to see them perched in Hawthorn, just about had time to fire off some record shots at 2000 iso before they moved of to roost as a Merlin landed atop an adjacent bush. While apologising to a couple of other birders for nearly forcing them off the road on my way to the Waxwings(they pulled onto the verge to let me pass) a Barn Owl appeared and flew around for a few minutes and a Common Buzzard ghosted past to roost.

Taken in near dark at 2000 iso