I managed to see the three Dotterel's back on the 1st of September, an adult male with two juvenile birds that spent a few days feeding on stubble in a harvested field on the side of the Dover Road by the St Margaret's junction near to the top of the Jubilee Way into Dover. It was quite hard to locate them but once found, they were a lot easier to keep tabs on as they fed amongst the cut stubble remains. They were very confiding and we found ourselves having to back off as they continually walked towards us as they searched for food.
Dotterel (Adult Male)
Dotterel (Juvenile)
I moved on to New Downs on the Sandwich Bay estate after, where looking directly into the sun I managed very distant views of a visiting Spotted Crake The light and distance mean't that no images were obtained but little did I know that a month later I would see a Spotted Crake out in the open and just four to five metres metres in front of me.
More about that later.
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