Walked from Langdon Hole to South Foreland on Sunday morning,found my first Whinchat of the autumn and quite a few warblers were in the bushes near the coastguard station including common and lesser whitethroat, blackcap,willow warbler and chiff chaff.
COMMON WHITETHROAT
As usual the LESSER WHITETHROAT was more elusive but gave occasional glimpses whilst gorging on the plentiful elder berries.
LESSER WHITETHROATS
Moving on to Fan Bay the male yellowhammer was still in the area but no sign of young birds.
At South Foreland there were not too many birds but a fresh Brown Argus was compensation.
On Monday a return visit to Backsand did not reveal the hoped for rarity but the usual suspects in the form of Green,Common,and Wood Sandpipers Greenshank and Little Egret provided the interest.
GREENSHANK
LITTLE EGRET
COMMON SANDPIPER
WOOD SANDPIPER
GREEN SANPIPER
COMMON SANDPIPER "AVIN A BARF"
Finally at the Hoe yesterday morning whilst out counting butterflies amy attention was drawn to a bit of a kerfuffle at clifftop level when the local kestrel took an objection to another raptor passing through at first I thought sparrowhawk then the white rump of a harrier showed and the rufous breast meant Montague`s Harrier it was all too brief as the kestrel was joined by crows and gulls to see off the interloper but a couple of blurry distant shots were taken,apologies for the poor quality.
MONTY AND KESTREL
MONTY on route for Folkestone and beyond who knows where?
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