Jimmy & I head off to Sevenoaks in Kent where a Black-necked Grebe has been seen for nearly a month now.
We are paying our first visit here & we find it to be a very nice reserve indeed,the Grebe has been seen mostly on east lake & that is where we start our search,it is quite busy with loads of Lapwings & Teal along with many Great-crested Grebe, a large flock of over 30 Greylag Geese fly in but we see no sign of the Grebe.
So we head round & go in a couple of hides still with no luck, we then try Tower hide & it's only minutes before we have another year tick as the Grebe swims about around one of the islands to our right.A walk along the river bank where we see a Sparrowhawk perched in a tree & on a closer look we find another one sitting a few feet away.
Walking around the paths we see over 20 Siskin plus flocks of Long-tailed Tits the odd Song Thrush but despite a fellow birder telling us he had just seen 2 Bullfinch we never found them.
A really nice morning at a lovely reserve gets us only one year tick but well worth the visit.
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| The first Sparrowhawk |
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| Same one |
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| The second Hawk just above the other one |
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| Map of the reserve |
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| Visitor centre |
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| Tower hide Grebe seen from here |
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| Black-necked Grebe |
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