28/05/2022

The end of May and it surprising the amount of birds still singing around Dengemarsh, Sedge, Reed and Cetti's Warblers, Common and Lesser Whitethroats all around, Blackcaps and even a Garden Warbler near the Pines at the ARC. Corn Buntings singing at Dengemarsh Flood, lots of squeaks and peeps from the Coots, Moorhens and other young wildfowl and even the high pitched calls of displaying Marsh Harriers that are stratospheric, the forlorn cries of Lapwings and Redshanks desperately trying to fend off predators of there young.

Garganey escaping the attentions of a bullying Coot

Ring-necked Duck inusual pose

Coming back in for another sleep

 

High flying Glossy Ibis over Boulderwall Fields

5 Cattle Egrets dropping into Dengemarsh Flood

Cattle Egrets

Corn Bunting

Common Whitethroat

Great White Egret

 New visitors to the the garden feeders

Trichophaga tapetzella (Tapestry Moth). This is the first record of this species in the Dungeness area since July 1957. It is apparently quite rare in the UK now having previously been quite common.