Dungeness gets us ticks

It's Dungeness again today in the hope some migrants have dropped in,plus the weather is expected to be better here than Norfolk, also we hope to pick out the Crane that has been around for a few days on the fields by the farm.

As it turns out we find it along Dengemarsh Road a bit distant but we get a good scope view.As we searched for the Crane we got a year tick with our first Sedge Warbler of the year when we first hear a couple then spot them.

A long sea watch only gets me 2 Common Tern for a tick plus a single Whimbrel for another, the boys pick out Arctic Skua but it's a long way out & I couldn't pick it out. Also seen lots of Gannets & Sandwich Tern,loads of Common Scoter pass by but no Velvet while we where watching but some had gone past before we arrived so we were told.While here we see Wheatear & Peregrine.

A few Porpoise show & that is always nice to see.

No sign of the Cattle Egret but we never looked to hard.

As usual we pop in at Elmley on the way home but nothing that wasn't there last week to tick.

With no time limit on us we offer to try to find Brian the Wanstead Little Owl that Jimmy & I got a few days ago.

The car is parked & Brian gets a year tick within minutes,we only find the one Owl but that will do.

Next up we head to Alex in search of the Redstart that we missed last time & Brian finds it for us so an Owl for a Redstart is a fair swap.

The Wanstead Redstart