RXwildlife Sightings

While doing yet another tetrad near Three Oaks the other day, I happened upon a flock of at least 14 Yellowhammers on a fallow field at the corner of the A259 & Butcher’s Lane (TQ848156). It’s a place I would never have visited otherwise, though the area between here and Fourteen Acre Lane was very busy with finches, thrushes and pigeons.

We had the misfortune to walk alongside the main road in order to get from one (disappearing) footpath to another. The road is winding, narrow and devoid of footway - essentially a no-go zone for anyone without a car. That’s what some of the drivers seemed to think. Although our area is generally well served with footpaths, and most of them are clearly signed, I’ve found several which marked just by tyre-marks in the earth, which can only be seen if you’re at the right angle.
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The numbers of waders roosting at high water along Shore Ridges changes daily (depending on the amount of disturbance), this afternoon 117 Grey Plover, 190 Sanderling and 300 Dunlin were roosting near the Old Lifeboat House. On Flat Beach, 194 Golden Plover, 18 Brent Geese and 20 Shelduck were attracted to the flood. The highlight of the day though was a superb male Hen Harrier hunting on Harbour Farm before heading over the golf course.

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