November 28th (Dungeness)

 A visit to Dungeness today with Bob Bland,Big and Little Jeff.

Our target species being Green winged Teal and Sabine`s gull.

The Green winged Teal took some finding amongst the hundreds of the commoner species.Distance and  poor light conditions didn`t help matters either (Burrows pit).

The Sabine`s gull was found only after a few minutes of watching,at the patch.

Other birds of interest seen at Dungeness were,16 Cattle egrets and two Glossy Ibis feeding in one of the pony paddocks.

On the way back we stopped at pits on the Kent and Sussex border.Hundreds of Grey lag,at least 2,000 Golden Plover and 27 Little gulls being present.On Walland marsh we came across a flock of at least 100 Fieldfare.

  

    

November 18th (CATCH UP)

November 17th 4 Wigeon,15 Pochard,8 Gadwall and circa 100 Coot were present on Abbey Meads.

November the 12th,3 G W Egrets flew north over the Sunken marsh.One was also seen in the area on October 22nd.

November the 7th,a Raven flew over Brookland lake heading east.

November the 13th,I saw my first Siskins in Alders along the Mill stream.

October 28th,was the day that 3 Firecrests were found in the area of Brookand lake.With singles still being recorded into November.

Eight Fieldfare flew west on October 24th.Most of this influx has passed on.

The first influx of Redwings occurred around October the 19th.On which day a rather late Hobby was seen hawking over the East Scrub.

Stonechat There was a small influx into New Hythe on or around October 10th (4).Later in the month and into November 2 were seen in the fields between Snodland and Paddlesworth.With a further pair found on the former Ham Hill golf course.

November 8th (Port Lympne)

 Juvenile Sabine`s Gull.