Nightjar at Middlesex filter beds, plus Dunge visit.

Chiffchaff

Not to sure if we wanted to go birding at Dungeness or stop in to cheer on the boys at the Ryder cup.
We think we can do both, so off we head to Dunge.
First up we head up to the beach for some sea watching, the sea is calm & no wind  blowing, so with nothing passing through & only a single Kittiwake plus some Gulls on the beach we head over to the trapping area.

The bushes are alive with Chiffchaff,& a few Black Redstart are seen sitting on the fence posts but we see no Firecrest that we need to see for a year tick . When we set off this morning we thought a firecrest was the only tick that we might pick up for the trip.
Meadow Pipit & Robin were trapped & taken to have rings put on, nothing to exciting so we take a trip down to the visitor centre, on the road down we see many Stonechat & a few Whinchat showing really well, a Marsh Harrier flies really low near to the car for Brian to get a nice photo of it.
We head off for home now, we get near the Blackwall tunnel when the pager tells us a Nightjar has been spotted & showing well at Middlesex filter beds.
Not to far from where we are so off we go to get a nice daytime view of this bird.
We have only ever seen a quick view in the dark forest of these birds, so the Ryder cup has to wait for another hour as this is to good to miss.

Whinchat

Stonechat

The resting Nightjar