Yesterday I spent the morning down at Dungeness/Denge Marsh.
Haven't been down that way for some time, so it was a good opportunity. The weather was a bit mixed - milder than it could have been, but a breeze coming off the coast. Sometimes cloudy (did drizzle to start with) but sometimes the clouds cleared to reveal blue skies.
First thing was a lake full of coots and capsized ducks (sorry, my duck foo is not all it could be - ducks are ducks to me, so I don't know what they were):
There are several breeding pairs of marsh harriers down this way, and I saw the following bird out hunting toward Lydd:
It was clearly a day for raptors because I also got this snap of a buzzard:
And best of all was this kestrel who seemed quite bold and let me get quite close:
Then on my way back I saw a flash of red hopping about a hedge. Turned out to be a linnet:
Haven't been down that way for some time, so it was a good opportunity. The weather was a bit mixed - milder than it could have been, but a breeze coming off the coast. Sometimes cloudy (did drizzle to start with) but sometimes the clouds cleared to reveal blue skies.
First thing was a lake full of coots and capsized ducks (sorry, my duck foo is not all it could be - ducks are ducks to me, so I don't know what they were):
There are several breeding pairs of marsh harriers down this way, and I saw the following bird out hunting toward Lydd:
It was clearly a day for raptors because I also got this snap of a buzzard:
And best of all was this kestrel who seemed quite bold and let me get quite close:
Then on my way back I saw a flash of red hopping about a hedge. Turned out to be a linnet: