The day did not start well, arriving at The Point car park at 07.00 to see the sea watch hide door open and the occupants come out and lock up. They had been there since 05.30 and seen very little of note. A look around the lighthouse found a single Willow Warbler with another in the station gorse and a pair of Wheatears nearby.
At the south end of the ARC nothing of note. Round the car park the Tree Sparrows were unusually much in evidence. Walking from Boulderwall to the viewing ramp at Hookers Reed Buntings, Reed Warblers, Sedge Warblers and Cetti's Warblers singing and enjoying the warm sunshine. From the viewing ramp 4+ Hobby's, 5 Common Buzzards, 2+ Marsh Harriers, a Cuckoo, 4 Bearded Tits, the Bittern booming regularly, all the usual reed bed Warblers but of some concern a Mink swam across to one of the islands. Nearby a Little Owl was sun bathing.
An hours raptor watching late morning from the garden did not produce the hoped for Honey Buzzard, recompense in the form of 4 Common Buzzards, 2 Marsh Harriers a minimum of 5 Hobby's, a Sparrowhawk and plenty of Swifts moving through very high.
This afternoon a cycle ride round the Hayfields to the ramp saw the same as this morning with the added bonus of 9 Whimbrel on Dengemarsh flood, and 2 Lapwing chicks on Hayfield 3. Cycling down Galloways was very unproductive with just a couple of Whitethroats and 2 Red-legged Partridges. Scotney appeared to be virtually devoid of avian life except for the Herring Gull colony and a few Greylag Geese.
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