Tuesday 2 May 2023

May 2nd/3rd (New Hythe)





This past week has seen the arrival of more summer visitors.Nightingales now number at least 26 in the Park with 11 east of the railway (Brookland/Abbey Mead) area.Up to two Cuckoo have been seen,8 Sedge Warblers,3 Garden Warblers,good numbers of Common Whitethroats and 2-3 Lesser.Two Hobbies were seen on the 29th and a pair of Garganey on Abbey Mead on the 22nd. 

KXX621 Chiffchaff 3 (west scrub) Leybourne 11 Sept 22 wing 57 w.t 6.8gr

controlled (4) 22 April 23 Portland Bill Dorset wing 57 w.t.6.6gr 223 days 221Km WSW. 

On the morning of the third I counted singing Nightingales again in the Eccles Old factory area and added four more,making a total of 21. 

I saw a nice male Ring Ouzel  feeding in the East scrub during the evening of the 3rd,7pm. 
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  1. Mike Attwood2 May 2023 at 15:45

    Nice to see the wildlife has not been upset too much by all the recent activity Alan. Take care.
    Mike.

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