Birding Paradigms: April 2010

Monday, 19 April 2010

Oare (Kent): Beautiful bright and warm day. Walked from the road to the flood at Oare and back via the creek. Chiffchaff (heard), Little Egret (2), Marsh Harrier (1), Whitethroat (1), Mediterranean Gull (3), Black-tailed Godwit (260), Whimbrel (7), Swallow (3), Bearded Tit (heard), and Sedge Warbler (10).

Funton WeBS Count (Kent): Mediterranean Gull (3), Lesser Whitethroat (heard), Avocet (4), Brent Goose (103), Red-breasted Merganser (3 male, 1 female), Yellow Wagtail (heard), Greenshank (1), Swallow (1) and Peregrine (1).

Mediterranean Gull

Sedge Warbler

Marsh Frog

Sunday, 18 April 2010

Dungeness (Kent): Bright and dry. A walk around the observatory area and a look on the sea: Black Redstart (2), Wheatear (5), Brent Goose (13) and Stonechat (2). We then walked around the RSPB Reserve and looked on the ARC pit: Little Ringed Plover (3), Yellow Wagtail (3), Willow Warbler (1), Reed Warbler (2), Cetti's Warbler (6), Sedge Warbler (1), Swallow (8), Marsh Harrier (3), Common Buzzard (1), Bearded Tit (heard), Little Egret (1) and Slavonian Grebe (3).

Slavonian Grebe