Kearsney Birder: DAHN TO MARGIT

Monday 5 November 2018

DAHN TO MARGIT

Saturday morning bleary eyed from the Friday night out,I eventually see that a White Billed Diver is at Walpole Bay Foreness,this I had to see.A little over half an hour later I joined messrs Holt ,Roberts and Andrew Lipzinscki on the cliff top watching this receding speck drifting away on the ebbing tide.
Nevertheless it showed well enough through the scope.

HEAVILY CROPPED SHOT OF THE WHITE BILLED DIVER

DISTANT RECORD SHOT OF THE WHITE BILLED DIVER

TANKERS AT ANCHOR IN MARGATE ROADS-STEN FJELL

CLYDE FISHER

STELLA ORION.
It was a first for me in the UK but had seen a couple in Svalbaard last year.
Now then that's that I thought until next morning I find through the magic of Twitter it has relocated to St Mildreds Bay at Westgate so seeking further amusement off to Fannit once more.Late on parade again the ebb tide was sweeping it down towards Margate. I eventually caught up with it but it was still a fair way offshore,but with the sun shining it was much better.

WBD

WBD
On the walk back to the car there were a few other bits and pieces knocking about on the beach.

CURLEW

RINGED PLOVERS

REDSHANKS

SMERALDO

CLYDE FISHER

ANTHONY GORMLEYS IRON MAN OUTSIDE THE TURNER CONTEMPORARY
Monday November 5th the bird is still there and so was I about half hour later,it took a bit of finding though,started of at St Mildreds then was told it had flown towards Foreness so I went there and worked back towards Margate,I was just about to give up and go home when I found it drifting east down towards the pumping station,so I followed it down eventually joining up with another group of birders under the sewage plant.The sun went in at this point when the bird was at its closest,typical.