It is a misty old morning & a lot colder than the last few days have been.
A search off all the pools over a two hour period gets us no luck with the Terek, so we pop into a couple of hides & the islands are full of Med Gulls & Sandwich Terns 6 Ringed plover,one Little-ringed Plover,2 Common Sandpiper all nice but not our target bird.
Disappointed we head off to Dungeness & head to Dengemarsh Road in search of the reported Hoopoe.
After an hour or so we hear that a Kentish Plover is on Burrowers pit so that's where we head too where we find Dennis hide packed out, after squeezing in we all get a good view of the a cracking looking bird.
We are set to move out of the hide so others can get in to view the Plover when the pager tells us the Hoopoe has been seen again at Dengemarsh rd.
We are round there in minutes but have to wait about 30 minutes before the shout goes up it's in flight being mobbed by some Magpies.
It flies across the field then lands & then it's up again to fly back to where it came from to give good views to the small crowd that had gathered to see it.
A quick look for the Bee-eater is in vain so we head off to Elmley so we could get some photo opportunities as is usual for us when we we have been to Dunge always a nice way to finish the day off.
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| Elmley Always a good place to find Yellow Wagtail |
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| Elmley again |
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| Corn Bunting not seen one here before at Elmley |
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| Redshank |
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| Little Egret |
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| The beautiful Kentish Plover what a cracker. |
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