Apologies for the lack of posts on this blog recently. Ive been working abit and spending time looking inland for HBs and not spent much time up the cliffs at all however the brief visits have been producing small numbers of common autumn migrants.
My first juvenile Willow Warblers of the autumn were in Langdon hole on the 24th July, numbers of Sedge Warbler from this date too have been good especially in the fennel field where i counted a minimum of 10 on the 27th July.
2 Juvenile Marsh Harriers flew over Fox hill down on the 1st August and a cuckoo flew through my back garden on the 8th.
Ive been seeing juvenile Yellow-legged gulls on and off in small numbers since the 10th July, a few along the cliffs and one or two in Dover harbour but yesterday was the first time I threw bread for close views. Only one bird came in, classic bird already showing scapular moult at Deal beach.
Soon I will be up the cliffs everyday, but theres more Honey Buzzard ‘work’ to be done so untill then…
PERDIX BIRDER 