Black Kite Faversham ( lifer )

Jimmy & myself had given up hope of getting to Faversham to see the Black Kite, it had been around for a few days now, but we just could not get the right time to go for it due to Jimmy's work.
Brian had seen the bird on Monday,  but a phone call from him on Friday night to see if we wanted to give it a try on sat, gets the thumbs up from us both.
So up early to drive to Selling near Faversham hoping  the target bird was still about.
When we arrive a couple of birders are already there & tell us it has been seen a long way off, but still it's still about so we set up the scopes & wait, after 20 minutes the bird is picked up by Brian, still a long way off but  it's a tick & another lifer for Jimmy & myself.
Off now to a little church St Peter & St Paul's not to far away to look for Spotted Flycatcher.We get to see a couple as soon as we get there, none of us needed one for a tick as we saw them in Scotland a few weeks ago, but nice to pick them up in England as well.
While here a single Hobby flies up & over the church.
On the way here we had seen a pair of Turtle Doves, this was the best view I have had of this good looking Dove, they where just sitting a few feet  away on the floor feeding, out comes the cameras but just as I think I'm going to get a great photo, two people on their bikes scare them off, just my luck.
We shoot off to Oare Marsh just to have a quick look around, not to much as it turns out, plenty of Black-tail Godwits being the highlight of the visit.

Black-tailed Godwits

We did get to hear many marsh Frogs & I got some sort of photo of one of them.  On the way home we take a quick drive to Elmley, a slow drive down the road to the Farm buildings, gives us a chance to use the camera to get some close ups of Red Shank, & Lapwings. A good days birding with a life tick as well.

Lapwing

             

Redshank

Marsh Frog