We arrive in Hythe & find Turnpike Hill without to much trouble, a good lot of cars are already here, we sit in the car for a good time & then get out to have a walk around the local roads in case it turns up elsewhere.
We give it a good couple of hours before we head down to a local canal to scan the Gulls, nothing we need here for me but Jimmy picks up a Song Thrush for a tick so after about an hour we give it one last go for the Heron,we drive round a few roads then settle back where we started earlier in Turnpike Hill, we give it some time but it looks like a no show
Brian starts the motor & as he puts it in gear the Heron flies right over our heads & drops down behind the trees & out of sight, so 3 hours spent looking for it to show & all we see of it is about 15 seconds of the bird, still a view is a tick so off we head to the next port of call about twenty miles away.
Sandwich Bay in search of a couple of Shore Larks, when we find out the Checkers pub is located it's a shock to find out that it's £7 to go up to the beach, we tell the fellow on the gate that we are just after doing a bit of bird watching & he tells us that the road is full of potholes that are filled with water & if we want to try he will waive the fee, so nothing ventured nothing gained off we go to give it a go.
On a very cold beach a few people are looking for the Larks but nobody was on them & it turns out that we don't get to see them. On the way here we stopped off at Dover Harbour to get a tick with a few Shag swimming about amongst the boats.
One more place to visit while here & that is Reculver, a Black redstart has been reported & we get on the Bird as soon as we arrive just a little walk from the car it's spotted on the rocks, so the day ends on a high with another year tick for all three of us.
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