Another visit to Dungeness this morning started with a drive along the entrance track of the reserve searching for the juvenile Crane that had been present since the 1st April. Unfortunately, after several scans, there was no sign of the bird. We did, however, hear our first Sedge Warblers of the year.
A sea-watch from the first hide was next on the agenda, with a North North East wind movement was slow. Common Scoter were still moving through in good numbers with the odd Teal and Shoveler found among them. A single Whimbrel heading East was a nice find as were two Common Tern that Brian had picked out at long range before they eventually approached "the patch" and then headed East passed the Buoy. A distant Arctic Skua was the only other addition to the year list. Gannets were present in good numbers as were Sandwich Terns with double figures of the latter resting on the buoy.
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| View from sea-watching hide |
A drive along Dengemarsh Road was rewarding when we found the Crane feeding among a herd of Mute Swans opposite the Lydd cart circuit entrance. It remained distant but allowed good scope views.
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| Common Crane, Handheld phone/scoped |
On the way home, we dropped in at Wanstead as Brian still needed Little Owl for the year, having seen them a few days earlier it didn't take long to find one for him. Brian then repaid us by finding the Common Redstart in the scrub on Alexandra Lake.
Year List total: 193
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