A local Common Buzzard
Heavily cropped image of male Marsh Harrier, they rarely come close to the house similarly the Great White Egret below
Little Egret on the Hay field
My exercise walk down to Dengemarsh was in hope rather than in expectation, with the near gale force cold North Easterly still blowing it wasn't pleasant walk. At the Dung heap just the 1 White Wagtail and a few Pied, the puddles are rapidly drying out and the farmer has run the plough through them. At Dengemarsh no sign of any of the hoped for Sedge Warblers, Garganey or Hirundines and the Water Pipits appeared to have all gone. The Hay Fields are also drying out rapidly though there are still a few Lapwing, Redshanks, Curlews and Oystercatchers in them. The ditches are full of Reed Buntings, I got brief glimpses of a pair of Bearded Tits and heard some Water Rails and Cetti's Warblers. Most birds seemed to be sheltering from this wind but it doesn't seem to bother the Marsh Harriers.
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