Fri 11th Feb 22

I started today from the church and had a walk down through the farm, 3 Mistle Thrush (NFY) were in the paddocks and Song Thrush, Green & Gt. Spotted Woodpeckers along the side of Hollandhall Wood. A large Linnet flock flew over and disappeared into the set-aside and Skylarks were singing all over, it felt like Spring. Forty minutes spent looking at the hedge where the Dartford has been lately proved to be a waste of time so I continued on. 

The decision to turn around and head back to the farm with a friend I bumped into coming up from the golf course turned out to be a good move, after finding him a couple of Corn Buntings a pair of Stonechat in the farm paddocks had the Dartford Warbler with them. Over the next hour they visited every bramble clump around the paddocks with the Dartford showing well on several occasions. MR

Sorry it's not the Dartford but the Corn Bunting sat still

  

Reports from today:

Matt Turner

11:25 4 Purps on sluice, 43 Curlew fields to right of scrape. Quick look from seawall over scrape: 3 Snipe, 1 Avocet, 11 Blackwit and a Green Sand with female Stonechat on bushes. Oh and two hares boxing in field behind.

Photo Matt Turner©

Photo Matt Turner©