Another little arrival of migrants this morning saw 22 Willow Warblers, two Sedge Warblers, 10 Reed Warblers, 13 Blackcaps, two Garden Warblers, 20 Lesser Whitethroat, 25 Whitethroat, a Pied Flycatcher, a Redstart and five Wheatears. Some overhead passage included singles of Golden, Ringed and Little Ringed Plover, a Little Egret, four Buzzards, an Osprey which flew east out to sea (as did another from Lydd-on-sea), 134 Sand Martins, 18 Swallows, two Tree Sparrows and 11 Yellow Wagtails. The sea was very uninspiring today, with just eight Curlew in/west.
Just a single Porpoise offshore.
Unfortunately no sign of the Zitting Cisticola at Galloways, however a Dotterel flew from there calling towards the Point early morning and so did an Osprey, which was presumably one of the birds later seen further east. Elsewhere there was six Black-necked Grebes on Lade Pit south and the RSPB had waders like Wood Sandpiper and six Ruff.
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| Redstart (1st year male) Phoenicurus phoenicurus Dungeness (John Young) |
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| Osprey Pandion haliaetus Dungeness (John Young) |