Thick fog first thing (the fog horn in the harbour had been blasting all night) and I woke to the sound of Willow Warblers calling in the garden.
Numbers of birds seemed high with calling willows and a Common redstart on Foxhill down though the visability was poor. I moved East and the fog thinned slightly, a Turnstone flew around calling in the murk. By the time I reached the Valley the fog was almost gone and 2 of each Pied and Spotted flycatchers were feeding along the sheltered side of the enclousure.
Colin J called to say he had a Honey Buzzard flying west from Top wood towards the farm at 11.40, I ran to higher ground in an attempt to see it and eventually picked it up distantly moving away, low over upper Road towards Dover. He also had a Marsh Harrier and a Common Redstart in the farm area.
2 Common Redstarts, a Tree pipit, a Whinchat and 2 Wheatear were in Broadless bottom as were the recently released Red–billed Choughs which have been feeding and flying around for the past couple of weeks.
PERDIX BIRDER 