My annual New Years Day walk was postponed due to the foul weeather,the next day was better for the Dour dawdle but it was a bit disappointing birdwise especially the harbour section -not a single Guillemot Razorbill or Diver there all month.
Short Eared Owls have been much in evidence at Sandwich and have been attracting more and more admirers.
SHORT EARED OWL - SANDWICH
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PINTAILS AT OARE
FEMALE HAWFINCH AT GODMERSHAM
MEDITERRANEAN GULL FOLKESTONE EAST CLIFF.
BITTERN ABOUT TO DISAPPEAR INTO THE REED BED ARC PIT DUNGENESS.
GREAT WHITE EGRET ARC DUNGENESS
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FIELD MOUSE ARC DUNGENESS
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LITTLE GREBE KEARSNEY ABBEY DOVER
GREY WAGTAIL BARTON PATH DOVER
SHAG AT SAMPHIRE HOE WITH ROCK FISH.
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BACK TO THE OWLS AT SANDWICH
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BLACK REDSTART SAMPHIRE HOE.
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GREENSHANK MILTON CREEK SITTINGBOURNE.
GREY PLOVER MILTON CREEK.
MED GULL
CETTIS WARBLER BARTON PATH DOVER AN UNUSUAL SIGHTING.
ITS DISTICTIVE SHOUTY CALL GAVE IT AWAY
HE THEN CAME OUT IN FULL VIEW.
PROBABLY AN OVERWINTERING BIRD AS THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE FOUND IN SCRUBBY REED BEDS.
AT THE SAME TIME ALL HELL BROKE LOSE IN THE RIVER
TWO MOORHENS DECIDED TO HAVE AN ALMIGHTY SCRAP
A NEARBY FEMALE WAS PROBABLY THE CAUSE OF THE BATTLE
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A TURNSTONE IN REFLECTIVE MOOD
DRAKE WIGEON AT PEGWELL BAY
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SANDERLING
SNOW BUNTING AT RECULVER
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THATS ALL FOR NOW I SHALL CLOSEWITH A BEAUTIFUL DAWN AT SAMPHIRE HOE
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