Friday 25 June 1999

25th June 1999 Grove Ferry, Kent 4.30am - 8am. Sunny and calm.

Hobby 1
Baillon’s Crake 1 ex views at 6.40am. Red eye, all-green bill, brown crown, upperparts rufous brown with many white flecks. Underparts steely blue becoming heavily barred on flanks and undertails. Spiky brown tail. Swam across 10 yards of open water but generally crept around in grass. Calling frequently - frog like.
Ringed Plover 1
Snipe c.3 drumming
Greenshank 1
Turtle Dove h
Cuckoo 1
Skylark 1
Savi’s Warbler h at 4.45am.