Another year and already January is over,
the days starting to get a bit longer and the promise of spring is in the air and I am off to Costa Rica for a couple of weeks.
Have done the usual round of East Kents birding hot spots to get the year list up and running,The Great Northern Diver has stayed in Dover Harbour along with 4 Razorbills for 10 weeks now.The Twite twins have also stayed faithful to Pegwell Bay and eventually a small flock of Waxwings showed up nearby as well as the confiding young drake Long Tailed Duck.JP found a lovely Iceland Gull at St Margarets Bay.
Here is a pictorial view of some of the highlights.
RAZORBILL DOVER HARBOUR
KINGFISHER BUSHY RUFF
LONG TAILED DUCK
TWITE TWINS
GREAT NORTHERN DIVER &BLACK THROATED DIVER DUNGENESS
BLACK THROATED DIVER
BLACK THROATED DIVER
GREAT WHITE EGRET ARC PIT
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ICELAND GULL -ST MARGARETS BAY
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GREAT TIT- BOSSENDEN WOODS
ROBIN
BLUE TIT
NUTHATCH
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SISKIN ALDER WOOD STODMARSH
GREAT NORTHERN DIVER -DOVER HARBOUR
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MEDITERRANEAN GULL -FOLKESTONE
LONG TAILED TIT- DOVER
CHIFFCHAFF -DOVER
CATTLE EGRET -DUNGENESS
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TUNDRA BEAN GEESE WALLAND MARSH
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BEWICK SWANS -WALLAND MARSH
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GOLDCREST
KINGFISHER- HYTHE.
RINGED PLOVERS-DEAL
BULLFINCH -CHILHAM
WAXWING -STONELEES
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WALLOWING WAXWING
SANDERLING -MARGATE HARBOUR
PURPLE SANDPIPER- MARGATE
CURLEW -OARE
CALLING SPOTTED REDSHANK -OARE
SPOTTED REDSHANK.
AVOCETS -OARE
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RED KITE - GODMERSHAM
RED KITE
YOUNG DRAKE GOLDENEYE -STODMARSH
GOLDENEYES being chased away by Tufted Duck
LESSER REDPOLLS feeding on Alder seeds Stodmarsh.
Thats all for now, as I said I am off to COSTA RICA tomorrow so hopefully some exotic birds next month.
