Peter Blanche

Artist and part time bird watcher. Local bird watching patch is Sandwich Bay.

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Worth Marshes this morning (04/07). Glossy Ibis, Hobby and Cattle Egrets (which were distant with the cattle when I was there)

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Some new young families at Sandwich Bay. Little Grebes, Gadwalls, Tufted Ducks and Black-headed Gulls.

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Photos taken yesterday. (09/06) I am no Dragonfly expert but I am reliably informed that this is a teneral Southern Migrant Hawker. Found in The Elms at Sandwich Bay, Kent. (correction from an earlier post)

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@Migrantdragons Hi Adrian, Thanks. You are quite correct. Unfortunately, I can't find a way to correct the original.

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Corrected. This is a teneral Southern Migrant Hawker.

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Just reading a report from Toronto (my old stomping ground) re the annual Whimbrel migration during May and I quote for this year:
between May 20th and May 28th, 5954 Hudsonian Whimbrels passed by Whimbrel Point on their way to their breeding grounds on the Arctic Tundra,

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First sighting of a Cuckoo this morning - and a quick picture as it disappeared over the tree tops.

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@ramsgatebirds Used to be many colonies where the University of Kent now stands. That's progress and it also dates me!!

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Whitethroats and Ring Ouzel at Sandwich Bay on Monday morning.

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@katemacrae Apples usually need another apple for pollination. If there isn't another close by you may need to plant a second. Just trying to be helpful!!

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A dapper but slightly distant male Wheatear this morning at Sandwich Bay, Kent.

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Oystercatchers having noisy disputes around Restharrow Scrape, Sandwich Bay.

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A Short Eared Owl disposing of a pellet at Sandwich Bay today. Better out than in!!!

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Lots of Goldcrests about at Sandwich Bay this morning. enjoying the Sun.

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An Arctic Skua, a Red Throated Diver and Gannets off Sandwich Bay today.

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Arctic Skua hanging around Sandwich Bay and chasing Sandwich Terns for food!

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An Artic Skua off Sandilands at Sandwich Bay this morning. (Full screen is better for viewing as it was some distance from shore)

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@RobRackliffe @a1virginia One of them could have been one that I saw a little earlier at Sandwich Bay. It was moving down the coast in your direction.

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A Grey Phalarope paddling in the surf off Sandilands at Sandwich Bay, Kent this morning.

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Small Birds from Sandwich Bay - A Firecrest from Friday and a Stonechat, Goldfinches and a Goldcrest from today.