12/08/2022

A newly fledged Cetti's Warbler trapped and ringed this morning

 07.30-09.00 from the sea watch hide:
Common Scoter: 1W      2E
Fulmar: 1W
Gannet: 16W     5E
Cormorant: 3W      1E
Oystercatcher: 2W
Kittiwake: 1 juvenile  present
Sandwich Tern: 49E         25W
Common Tern: 2E
Arctic Skua: 3E
Guillemot: 1 present
Sand Martin: 22E
Swallow: 13 in 
Wheatear: 2 present
Grey Seal: 1
Harbour Porpoise: 3
Hummingbird Hawkmoth: 6+ 

There has been a trickle of migrants around the peninsula, 3 Pied Flycatchers, Spotted Flycatcher, Common Redstart, several Whinchats and Wheatears as well as the expected Willow Warblers, Common Whitethroats and Garden Warbler.

This evening at Dengemarsh there were plenty of islands visible, even the ridges are starting to appear which I have not seen for many years, though it looked good for birds there only 3 Glossy Ibis, 2 Great White Egret and 25 Black-tailed Godwits present, c200 Sand martins dropped into the reeds to roost.

Hummingbird Hawkmoth

Linnet at Lydd Fields

Juvenile Swallow Lydd Fields

Sparrowhawk Lydd Fields