13/01/2025

I spent the morning in the woods catching up with woodland species seldom seen on the shingle, the afternoon I spent at Denge Marsh. I walked in from Springfield Bridge where to Ravens were squabbling on the pylons. Several Common Snipe flew from the flood along with a Water Pipit. The track at the top of hayfield 3 is a quagmire (Wellington Boots essential) due to the excavaters installing new sluices that will hopefully stabilise water levels on the hay fields which will be most welcome, as the path dries out I'm sure it will improve.

In the pathside reeds plenty of Bearded Tits calling and a few showing. 

1w Caspian Gull on one of the new islands at Denge Marsh

1w Caspian Gull on one of the new islands at Denge Marsh

North Thames ringed Herring Gull X2DT on the ice at Denge Marsh. This bird is now 12 years old and appears to have spent most of is life in the Dungeness area, I have recorded it 16 times since February 2014 though it has gone unrecorded between 2019 and 2023.

3 Common Gulls on the ice at Denge Marsh