Dungeness again.

Out of the door at 4.30 am to meet up with Brian & we are parked up by the beach at Dungeness & on a really sharp cold morning we are glad to be able to get in the hide to look out to sea.
A few bird recorders were in the hide so we miss nothing going past, we spend an hour or so in the hide & see hundreds of Sandwich Tern, many Common Tern, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-throated Diver,Common Scoter, hundreds of Brent Geese, 3 Shelduck & some Shoveler. so not anything to go mad about tick wise just adding the two Tern but a nice time spent with the people in the hide.
As we drive about 2 Wheatear are seen, starting to see a few about now.
A quick drive down to the visitor centre nets us our first Sedge Warbler of the year & our first House Martin flies over head to give the tick count a boost.
When ever we go to Dungeness we call into Elmley on the way home & today is no exception.
A Yellow Wagtail would be nice but not looking likely after about an hour driving down the entrance track.
The Marsh Harriers are up in numbers so we have to watch them gliding around the track above the car & try to get myself a photo.
Before we head home a single Yellow Wagtail drops onto the grass not far away to make it 5 year ticks for the day.

Little Egret, just had to take a photo

Skylark

One of the Marsh Harrier

Yellow Wagtail