Oare and Elmley

An early morning trip down to Oare marsh in Kent rewarded me with a drake Garganey, Marsh Harriers, Cuckoo and Bearded Tits to name a few.

Avocets at Oare Marsh

Garganey at Oare Marsh

Bearded Tits doing well at Oare

Wren 

Moving on to Elmley I found more Marsh Harriers and a Short-eared Owl along with plenty of Yellow Wagtails, Redshank and Lapwing as you'd expect at this time of year. Plenty of Brown Hare on the reserve and Skylarks were singing well too to make an enjoyable morning before the old fella rang to see if I'd pick him up from the hospital. He had a new knee fitted on Thursday and is now back at home after only three days which is quite amazing in my book. I don't suppose it'll be long before he's out birding again.

Yellow Wagtail at Elmley

Yellow Wag!

Redshank

Redshank chicks

Redshank with chicks at Elmley

Marsh Harrier hunting at Elmley

Marsh Harrier resting between raids on the waders

Brown Hare at Elmley

Hare

The old man's new knee!

No year ticks added today but a decent bit of birding all the same.