Rough-Legged Buzzard Capel Fleet

After not getting out on Saturday due to the awful weather, a late decision on sunday to go to Reculver in Kent,weather still not good, but not raining, so we meet Brian at 6.30 & 70 miles later we are walking along the sea front path over looking the sea one side & wet grassland on the other side.
It's very windy & hard to communicate with each other,but still enjoyable, not to much about a single Curlew, couple of Grey Plovers, Shellduck, many Redshank, Finches, Meadow Pipits aplenty, & Pied Wagtails, also some Ringed Plover, a single Red Throated Diver, & flocks of Brent Geese.
After walking for what seems miles we turn to go back to the car & now we find out what wind really is,
We decide to drive to Capel Fleet watch point before we head home to look for a male Hen Harrier.

After a few minutes of looking over the fields, Jimmy picks up a really nice male Marsh Harrier, it flies quite close to us, but not near enough to get a photo worth having in this bad light.
After this we see at least 7 female M Harriers, a Sparrowhawk sits on the lime pile & gives good views to us.then Brian picks out a Rough-Legged Buzzard feeding on a Rabbit, we watch the bird for a long time & I am sure its a R L, another birder shows up  but Miss's it, just as he gets in his car we call him back as it looks like it had returned, I don't think it's the same bird myself, but not sure,the other fellow has doubt's about what the bird is, this now set's Jimmy & Brian thinking if they called it right, not so me I am sure it's what we called it first of all & the pair of them don't get to much wrong.
A windy old day, but we still got loads of fun out of being out looking at the birds ,no male Hen Harrier, but

always next time.


Curlew

Grey Plover

Reculver Towers