Gary Howard's birds and wildlife

 An afternoon on Sheppey.

I decided to bird the Shellness area after checking high tide. I arrived to find that it was windier than I'd expected and the tide higher than I'd expected too!

The waders were already roosting but as I reached the blockhouse a Peregrine came in and spooked many of the birds.

 Oystercatcher

Knot

Grey Plover

Bar-tailed Godwit

I walked to the point and checked out the Swale but it was very blustery and I could see very little on the water so I headed back. As I got back near the blockhouse a flock of 12 Snow Bunting dropped in and started feeding along the top of the beach. Superb.

Snow Bunting

From Shellness I checked out Warden beach where I counted a flock of c425 Sanderling but little else.

I finished the day on Capel Fleet where I saw a few Marsh Harriers but in increasingly windy conditions little else of note. As the rain rolled in again I headed home. Can November get any wetter?