Again the blog has been rather dormant, not without effort and coverage mind, Since the past post Ive had mostly quiet mornings, the odd Tree pipit or falls of Lesser Whitethroat or blackcap for example. The 22nd yielded 3 Pied Flys, Spotted flycatcher, 5 Whinchat,5 Wheatear, 6 Tree pipit, Hobby, c10 Yellow Wagtails, Sedge and Reed also a Grasshopper Warbler, The latter species was well represented on the 24th in the fennel field with at least 3.
Today however was fairly quiet in the bushes despite the tantalising SE wind, bar 4 Whinchat, Tree pipit, another Grasshopper warbler, a few willows and minimal sand martin movement (25 birds NE) but I was delighted to pick up a juvenile Honey Buzzard, circling over East Cliff (my house) then Dover Castle and eventaully Foxhill down where I stood. It was associating with a Common Buzzard, one of 5 that had made this move during the raptor watching session from 10am-1pm. A single juv Kestrel flew in off the sea also.
PERDIX BIRDER 