We set off for Oare marsh in Kent at 5am & arrive in just over the hour, a Barn Owl started the day off well giving us great views as it flies very close to us & then goes right over our heads, always a great sight to see, we never tire of watching a nice Barn Owl.
Brian headed off to the east flood hide & it's not to long before I get a message on the phone to tell us that he had got the Bonaparte's Gull in view.
A few minutes later we have another year tick when we have good scope views of the Gull, really pleased to get the list moving after not getting anything last week when we dipped on the New forest Wheatear, a very nice day spent in Hampshire but nothing in the way of ticks for me, Brian picked out a Honey Buzzard for a tick but both Jimmy & myself missed out on that one.
Back to today the scrape is alive with many Godwits, Avocets , some Shoveler the odd Redshank, quite a few Little Egret but we get no sign of yesterdays Spoonbill.
So this is a quick trip today & we only get the one tick but on the way home as we often do we call into Elmley, this is a bit of a disappointment as there is no water pools about, so not to many birds about, we drive down to the farm & then head back up stopping from time to time to watch Yellow Wagtails & Linnets.
As we head out we stop by a puddle on the exit road to watch Swallow, Goldfinch & Linnets taking a bath & drinking.
We spend a good hour getting photos of any thing that comes to drink at the puddle.
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| Waiting to drop down to the puddle. |
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| Swallow |
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| Long way off Bonaparte's Gull |
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| Again |
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| Linnet |
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| Bathing |
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| Stock Dove, well it was there. |
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| Clear off |
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| OK |
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Just some of the Godwit
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