A short break with Laura saw us traveling down to Kent, basing ourselves in
Maidstone. A mini-holiday to take in Leeds Castle and
Dungeness RSPB reserve. Travelling down we detoured via
Waldeslade to pick up the
Iberian Chiffchaff, a bird i saw at
Colney a few years ago, but a life tick for Laura. We hadn't planned to do much on our first day, but a trip to a Butterfly Farm took us close to
Dungeness. We drove down to the visitor centre just for a look around, knowing we would visit on Friday. We then had a 30min watch of
Denge Marsh, from a road that boarders the reserve and were lucky enough to see a
Purple Heron in flight. Thursday was spent at Leeds Castle, no bird watching, but the
Avery provided some good photo opportunities. I also saw my first Banded
Demoselle of the year
while walking in the water gardens. Friday morning was my birdwatching time at
Dungeness, but the day was blistering hot not ideal. Seeing the Purple Heron earlier in the week saved us spending to long in the sun (the reserve has little cover), we headed straight for the far end of the site, eventually picking out the 1st summer
Red-footed Falcon hawking around with 12 Hobby. Very few little birds seemed to be around and i only saw a single wader, a lonely
Redshank! Along with a welcome pint at The Britannia in
Dungeness i added Buzzard and Linnet to my 'pub list'.
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