Got the chance over the weekend to go to Dungeness and try for the Purple Herons.
Set off at the ungodly hour of half two, with my Father, Brother and friend john, with the plan being to stop off for the Iberian Chiffchaff at Walderslade.
After finding the correct area at the second attempt, the Iberian Chiffchaff was found by its significantly different call, showing with five other Chiffchaffs.
From there it was onto the far side of the Denge Marshes where we spent half hour looking out over the marshes for any sign of the herons.
After blanking there we went onto Dungeness RSPB where after about an hours wait the heron exited the reed bed and flew across the reserve. Unfortunately my brother and father had gone back to the car but luckily enough as they returned to the hide the heron flew back across the reeds giving good flight views for all.
After navigating around the M25 and a quick stop at Magna Carta Lane for the Parakeets we decided to finish they day at Wilnstone Reservoir to try for the Red Footed Falcon that had been reported.
On arrival the bird was flying over the reservoir with four Hobby's for company, the bird was quite easy to pick out though.
The rain then started to come down heavily so we decided to call it a day.
All of the significant birds seen on this trip were in the air for most of the time so digiscoping was impractical so there is only a very distant shot of the Purple heron and what looks like the Common Tern gymnastic team.
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