A trip to the Oare Marshes reserve to see the returning adult Bonapartes Gull and my first Turtle Dove of the year .Turtle Doves are getting harder to find each year when they were once quite common.
Bonapartes Gull
Turtle Dove
Sedge Warbler
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Bonaparte’s Gull
Spent the morning in Kent, first at Cliffe Pools RSPB reserve and then Oare Marshes near Faversham. There was a very distant Marsh Sandpiper at Cliffe as well as 6 Black-winged Stilts. An adult Bonaparte’s Gull was at Oare Marshes, where there were also a couple of Spotted Redshank and Turtle Doves. Here are a few pictures of the Bonaparte’s Gull, the first one shows it with a Black-headed Gull. The Bonaparte’s is the one with the black head and the Black-headed Gull has a brown head.
Bonaparte’s Gull
Bonaparte’s Gull
A trip out to Oare Marshes in Kent for the Bonaparte’s Gull, presumably a returning bird as I have seen one there before. Lots of birds at this nice bird reserve in the Thames Estuary.
Black Tailed Godwits
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