Littlestone-on-Sea in Kent was our first destination this morning. We were hoping to see the Serin that had first been reported on the 15th. We parked up alongside the Golf Club close to the junction of St Andrew's Road and Madeira Road and heard the Serin singing soon after stepping out of the car. It wasn't long before we were enjoying good views of the bird.
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| Serin |
We moved on to Dungeness and plotted up outside the hide with some of the locals. A three-hour sea-watch didn't produce the Pomarine Skuas we were hoping for but we enjoyed views of Arctic Skua, Red-throated Diver, Fulmar, Common and Sandwich Terns, Mediterranean Gull and Whimbrel.
A Golden Oriole had been reported as singing from within Great Wood at Worth. We should have driven to Worth and walked from there but instead, we went to Sandwich Bay. The walk from Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory was around 4 miles there and back and although we got snippets of the flutey Oriole like song we failed to get any decent singing of the Oriole, certainly not enough to count it. We did, however, get good views of Turtle Dove feeding on the path along with Bullfinch, Marsh Harrier, Common Buzzard, Cetti's Warbler and Common and Lesser Whitethroat.
The Pied Crow had been reported at Foreness Point this morning and as we were only 12 miles away we decided to see if it was still present. Unfortunately, there was no sign of the bird on the beach or the surrounding areas despite the presence of numerous Carrion Crows.
We left for home but made a small diversion on route to Crossness, where after another lengthy walk we enjoyed good views of London's first record of Great Reed Warbler.
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| Great Reed Warbler |
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