I really must just move to Kent. Another cracking day. Kojak and I started off at Oare Marshes Ebird list here and finished off the other side of the Swale at Shellness/North Swale Nature Reserve (additional/ noteworthy species HERE )
Highlights included at least 5 Curlew Sandpipers (including two adults at Oare), Arctic Skua there and at North Swale we twitched the juvenile Purple Heron and also had Wood Sandpiper and Eider. Also Whimbrels migrating over, over 1500 Curlews on the salt marsh at Shellness, 25 Grey/Common Seals on Horse Sands and stacks of other waders.
Juvenile Purple Heron- been present about a week and gets up and starts flying round at about 7pm. It first started calling and seemed to be 'talking' (calling to each other) to a nearby Grey Heron
After calling to each other for about 10 minutes they both got up and flew around but eventually the Purple Heron headed off towards Elmley and seemed to go down opposite Oare marshes.
This Great Black-backed Gull versus an Eel versus a Grey Heron and Lesser Black-backed Gull was a bit of action at Oare (above and below) . Eventually the Great Black-backed Gull swallowed the eel whole.
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