On Thursday myself, Chris, Jacob, Richard and Jonathan went on a day trip to the Calais area, it is always great to go there but it does make me realise how nature depleted we are in the UK. At one small marsh we saw several Marsh Warblers, a flock of 6 Cuckoo's, Turtle Doves, Honey Buzzards, Bluethroat, Short-toed Treecreepers, Spotted Flycatchers and lots more. At another site more Honey Buzzards, Melodious Warblers, along with lots of the common warblers and finches, it seems everywhere you stop there are birds and parking seems to be free. At Oye Plage Zitting Cisticolas were plentiful, also a couple of Icterine Warblers, Grasshopper Warblers, Stilts, Black-necked Grebes, Kentish Plovers, a Montagu's Harrier and lots more. We even made it back to the observatory in time to see the Red-breasted Flycatcher go to roost.
A singing White-spotted Bluethroat
At least 8 Honey Buzzards were noted on this trip
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