fog v sun

Early morning fog soon burnt off to leave a stunning, warm, sunny, calm morning but perhaps the weather was too nice for many grounded migrants as we caught 31 new birds; these did include however 4 Blackcaps and 7 Chiffchaffs while the numbers were made up of 11 Dunnocks.

Blackcap

 



Comma and Peacock making the most of the sun

 

The fog made a valiant attempt to reclaim the peninsula from lunchtime but was eventually driven off by mid-afternoon; a walk, north up the coast away from the fog v sun battle was pretty quiet with just an influx of White Wagtails of note including 45 in one field near Birkemosse.

 

Louis had a slightly frustrating morning out on the tip with a good range of species seen but passage was effectively halted twice by the fog coming and going several times; his highlights did include a Black Kite south, an Osprey north, 2,500 Eiders, 70 Barnacle Geese, a Merlin, two White-tailed eagles milling around, 2 Common Terns and 16 Curlew east while a Nuthatch - a scarce Gedser bird, was also hanging around.

 

Black Kite from the tip - Louis Hanson