Saturday 30 October 2010

Déjà vu at Pegwell Bay Friday 29th October

Déjà vu is the experience of feeling sure that one has witnessed or experienced a new situation previously !
Well guess what that was one of these days !
Spent the afternoon around the Pegwell Bay area and the usual candidates were on view Dunlin,Turnstone,Curlew,Knot,Bar-Tailed Godwit,Shelduck,Golden Plover,Grey Plover,Redshank,Little Egret,Rock Pipit,Kestrel,Magpie,Goldfinch,Mallard,Grey Heron,Wren,Chaffinch,Starling,Swallow,Carrion Crow,Blue Tit,Robin,Song Thrush,Blackbird,Collared Dove,Wood Pigeon,Black-Headed,Common,Lesser Blacked-Back,Great Black-Backed,Herring and Yellow Legged Gull and shielding itself from the wind on Shellness Point a female Merlin.


PRIVIT  BERRY'S

CURLEW

GOLDEN PLOVER

SLOE

RUSH


Sunday 24 October 2010

WEEKEND AT PEGWELL BAY & HAM FEN

PEGWELL BAY EARLY MORNING

This weekend I spent a lot of time at Pegwell with the promise of the wind changing and the possibility of something interesting being blown in ! As with most weekends the Peregrine was flying over the Bay lifting most of the Lapwing,Golden Plover & Dunlin. Redshanks and Curlews continued to feed oblivious to the commotion.


CURLEW


REDSHANK

A walk around Ham Fen only threw up a group of 10 Long Tailed Tits and a solitary Merlin then headed back to Pegwell Bay.
Last walk around the Bay and spotted a Short-Eared Owl before heading back home.

SHORT-EARED OWL

LITTLE EGRETS

PEGWELL BAY

Others on the list for this weekend included Little Egret,Fieldfare,Greenfinch,Goldfinch,Wigeon,Chaffinch,Redwing,Great Black Backed Gull,Black Headed Gull,Herring Gull,Jay,Magpie and when I arrived home a Great Spotted Woodpecker which was in back garden feeding on the Peanut Feeder.

Monday 11 October 2010

FEMALE GREY SQUIRREL RAIDS THE BIRD FEEDER !

Popped home today to find once again the local female Grey Squirrel keeping away all the usual birds from the Bird Feeder !


EASTERN GRAY OR GREY SQUIRREL

Sunday 10 October 2010

SUNNY DAY AT PEGWELL

Quick walk down to Pegwell Bay along the Cliff top with my daughter on this sunny day.
First sighting was a Silver Y Moth along the Cliff top walk

SILVER Y MOTH

Not much to see due to a high tide but once down on the beach spotted a group of Turnstone's searching for invertebrates along the shore.

TURNSTONE

Further along a lone Redshank feeding amongst the Turnstone's and the Pied Wagtail from the previous blog.

REDSHANK

 Walking back towards the Cliff top passed a Peacock Butterfly with its striking eye spots sunning itself on the chalk path.

PEACOCK BUTTERFLY

Further along the chalk beach path a group Pointed Snails around 10mm in length feeding on the vegetation.

POINTED SNAIL

Our commonest Ladybird the Seven-Spot seen along the Cliff top walk as well as the Large White Butterfly

SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRD 

LARGE WHITE BUTTERFLY


Friday 8 October 2010

A WALK TO PEGWELL BAY

Last minute decision to walk to Pegwell Bay along the beach before the tide was fully in this morning.
Usual waders were seen Curlew,Oyster Catcher,Turnstone,Lapwing,Shelduck,Little Egret,Black-Headed Gull and Herring Gull.


Black-Headed Gull

Black-Headed Gull

Pied Wagtail

Pied Wagtail