Wood Sand and Pied Fly

Finally a close Wood Sand at ARC this morning although trying to get photos was made difficult due to the height of the reeds in front of Hanson hide.

At midday, Owen made a quick 10 minute check at the top of the Long Pits and found three Pied Flycatchers and later Martin found a fourth. By the time I could get there I could only find one but it was a showy individual.

I called in to ARC on the way home after the RSPB had cut the reeds in front of Hanson and whilst the islands were still relatively bird free resulting from the disturbance there was a flock of three Green Sandpipers and two Wood Sandpipers which you could easily see now the view from the hide was less obscured.

Icterine Warbler

A dash at speed to Dungeness Obs to see a strange looking Hippolais warbler that Ravi had found in the moat. By the time I arrived it had been identified as an Icterine Warbler but a grey looking individual with a yellow wash across the face and upper breast and a lovely wing panel. 

A Pied Flycatcher was in the moat for it's second day. This one is from the top of the Long Pits back on the 15th August, along with a juvenile Green Woodpecker.