With noticable visible migration in progress around the country (and county), yesterday, and expecting more today, we left at a reasonable hour this morning to see what we could find on the north east Kent headland:
North Foreland, stopping first to view the area that is
Margate Cemetary before moving on to the
Joss Bay (Elmwood Avenue) area. At the cemetary, we met others, including: Bob Knight, Jeremy Hall, Barry Wright, John Tilbrook and Dave Gilbert. Slowly making our way round,
Goldcrests were calling, we had brief views of ring-tail
Hen Harrier,
Firecrest and several
Sparrowhawks. Along with Bob and Jeremy, we moved on to walk
Elmwood Avenue, here we watched, 11
Grey Herons (a group of 6 and a further group of 5), 17
Jays (a group of 10 and a further group of 7),
Swallows (3),
Bramblings (6),
Siskins (heard),
Linnets (40+),
Sparrowhawks (2),
Black Redstart (1),
Yellow Wagtail (1),
Chiffchaff (2),
Redwing (heard), before stopping for a lunch time drink at the 'Captain Digby' from where we saw:
Kittiwake (1),
Brent Goose (6),
Sanderling (8).
Brambling
Goldcrest
Jay
Sparrowhawk
Goldcrest
Jay
Sparrowhawk