I met up with Darragh C for a stroll around Rye Harbour. It was a fine, warm day with a nice light breeze but I was hindered with a pretty rough cold. Still, I thought the fresh air would do me good and I'm sure it did. Highlights included a
Whinchat, three
Wheatears and a few
Yellow Wagtails, along with six
Common Sandpipers, a
Whimbrel, three
Greenshanks and a
Black-tailed Godwit among the waders. A few
House Martins were over the car park.
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| Whinchat at Rye Harbour |
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| male Linnet at Rye Harbour |
We moved on to fit in a fairly quick visit to Dungeness RSPB. We enjoyed nice views of three juvenile
Black Terns with the hordes of
Common Terns on Burrowes Pit then Dengemarsh offered up a
Wood Sandpiper, three
Great Egrets, two
Ruffs and four
Snipe. A few
Yellow Wagtails and
Sand Martins were knocking around the reserve.
