Dungeness - 29/04/09

A warm and sunny day with little wind and calm seas meant sea-watching was unproductive, the exception was a single Pomarine Skua.

The only frustrating part of the day came much later. On reaching home, news broke of a Crested Lark to the observatory ! This bird had possibly been present for three days, and you would have thought ... well,never mind, these things happen !

On the land, Linnet and Meadow Pipit and Black Redstart were found around the power station.









A few Whimbrel were noted around the old gravel pits.



A Cormorant citadel.

Local Patch

After a foggy start the sun came out and it only remained for the birds to sit still in front of the camera. Well, that rarely happens to me, but a Wren did sit still long enough for a couple of quick shots.



The Kingfisher post lived up to its name.



A local Common Buzzard drifted over. The Honey Buzzard invasion failed to materialize here !



Cormorant numbers have been increasing lately - up to 18. I prefer them to fishermen ...