Saturday 5 July 2008

Isle of Grain revisited 'once more'

A day of mixed fortunes with a Tawny Owl at Camer park this morning heard but not seen despite being very close, and the one 'common' Owl I see least of in the County. With an appointment at 1840 back home on BBC ONE I decided to head out to the Isle of Grain for a few hours and wander around the Allhallows area. A very pleasant walk, camera at the ready for the 'Black Stork' that never was! I'll see one of these one day on my jaunts out and about, though I did see it's smaller cousin 'the Oystercatcher'! The birding was excellent despite the strong wind and the 'marauding cattle that decided to charge towards me on a one way track, bordered by water and a fence. 'They won'

The birdlist included the following highlights.
Peregrine 1
Sparrowhawk 1
Med Gull 1ad
Little Egret 10+
Greenshank 15+
LRP 4
Spotted Redshank 1sp
Blackwit 55+

Ruff 2
Wigeon 1
Swift 100's
Teal 35+
plus Black headed, Common and Herring Gull, Sand Martins, Shovelers, and 50+ Gadwall
A great walk with a chance to get some piccies of Swifts, with 1/100 good one as below.

Pochard were present in good numbers
Swift. My best attempt despite lots of shots being taken, they're too fast for me.

4 comments:

mohammed said...

woooooooooooooooooooooooooow

its nice

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Josh Jenkins Shaw said...

Nice photo's Barry, I had Peregrine and Med. Gull at Beddington Sewage farm today, great birds. It was nice to meet you at Sevenoaks a few weeks ago.
Cheers
Josh

Tony Morris said...

If it's too fast for you what about us old duffers!

Barry said...

Hi Tony
You're still very much a 'young duffer' to me, Pete's 'older' brother !!