April 28th (Brookland lake)

I thought I had struck lucky yesterday when I photographed a Cetti`s Warbler out in the open for the first time,rather than being partly obscured in a bush or by some sort of vegetation.
However when I looked at the camera screen it was black,I hadn`t reset the exposure from f8 at 1250 sec,not the best of exposures for a bird in shade.So this morning I was back at Brookland
lake to try again.The bird was still performing well and I didn`t have to wait too long before it showed again,only this time the light was quite poor but at least I have my photo and there is aways tomorrow.

The Reeed Warblers were also performing well especially the above bird.

April 27th (Dungeness)

On the way back from Rye this morning Jeanette and I popped into Dungeness RSPB.As we were passing one of the pits Jeanette noticed a big bird fly into the reeds.I stopped the car and had a scan around and was amazed when a Purple Heron came into view.I just managed a rather distant photo before it took flight.Unfortunately we couldn`t hang around and had to head off home,this was my first sighting of the species in Britain.