The sun came out for once but it was still hella windy. Nonetheless, Josh B and I had a quick trip to Dungeness RSPB, with good views of the flirtatious drake
Ring-necked Duck, two distant
Black-necked Grebes in their summer finery and, best of all, a drake
Garganey, picked out on Cook's Pool by JB. It feels as though I haven't seen a drake for absolutely ages. Burrowes Pit also held singles of
Black-tailed Godwit,
Dunlin and
Pintail, along with three
Goldeneyes and the aerial antics of a couple of
Marsh Harriers over Dengemarsh also kept us entertained. We stopped by at the obs to say hi to Dave W and Gill H then called it a day, the wind unrelenting.
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♂ Ring-necked Duck |
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♂ Garganey |