A Water Rail kept us entertained for half an hour before we see a group of Geese flying over the hide & two off them are the target Bean Geese, they fly out of sight so we think they have flown a long way off so we hop in the car to head off to Dungeness, as we drive up the exit road the Geese are seen on the field, so it's out of the car to get a good view of the two Bean Geese amongst all the Greylags. A few photos taken before it's on to Dunge.
A Sabine's Gull is the target bird here & on arrival we are told that the bird was showing well from the second hide along the beach.
A small group were looking but we are told that the bird had not been seen for some time,so we set about scanning all the Gulls flying around the patch but it's not looking good.
A few birders headed off & the mood was not good when out of the blue Brian calls out to Jimmy to confirm that he had found it & we are all on another year tick.
We put it out on the pager so those that had left could get back to see the bird as we knew one of them needed it for a lifer.
With nothing reported that we need the boys decide to head off to Cuckmere Haven which is 50 miles away as they need a Grey Phalarope for a year tick.
Not far off Eastbourne the place is packed with day trippers & the fields are all waterlogged.
After a walk off maybe a mile we find a small pool of water & the Phalarope is showing really well & only 20 yards away so good photos taken.
So with the boys getting 3 year ticks & myself getting 2 it's a milestone for all of us as we all pass our highest ever year totals Brian 290, Jimmy 272 & myself 268 so well pleased with that with another couple of months to go it looks good for a nice year total.
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| Grey Phalarope, Cuckmere Haven |
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| The Stodmarsh Tunra Bean Goose |
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| Sabine's Gull at Dungeness |
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| Again the Sabine's Gull |
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