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.