After watching the Bewick Swans and the 4 Glossy Ibis leave their roosts this morning, I wandered down to The Patch. There were plenty of Gulls present but sadly I could find nothing unusual among them. I then headed to Scotney but stopped to admire the Lydd Little Owls en route. A disappointing walk around the back of Scotney, mainly due to the lack of passerines and shepherds on there quad bikes flushing everything, to be fair the sheep are about to lamb, the highlight of my wander there was a single Green Sandpiper.
10 of the 56 Bewick Swans which left the reserve just before sunrise this morning
The Lydd Little Owls sun bathing this morning
One of the Cockles Bridge Cattle Egrets
Lapwing at Cockles Bridge
One of the Great Northern Divers early afternoon
Also a distinct lack of passerines on the reserve, though a definite increase in the number of Snipe on Boulderwall Fields, I couldn't find any wild Grey Geese among the feral Greylags there but the 21 Barnacle geese were still present.
The Black-throated Diver early afternoon
One of at least 3 Bitterns late afternoon from Hanson
Late this afternoon I joined RW and CT in Hanson Hide where we had excellent if distant views of a Bittern, we saw 2 more 1 of which flew right in front the hide. A glossy Ibis made several attempts to join the duck on the ice before flying off to roost, also a Kingfisher flashed past the hide.
A Glossy Ibis attempts to land on the frozen part of the ARC just before dusk today
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