Worth Marsh - Eleonora's falcon

The first opportunity to see an eleonora's falcon in the UK - they seldom stick around and are extremely rare so to have one hold it's ground for a few days was welcome for many UK listers.  It showed reasonably well too hunting in fields adjacent to Worth Marsh where at one point, the eleonora's a female red-footed falcon, and a hobby were seen in the same view.  Really nice.



I then headed down to Lighthouse Down near Dover for the sardinian warbler where I bumped into my old friend Jamie Partridge - we hung out for a bit, and heard the bird call twice which unfortunately never broke cover and as far as I'm aware, wasn't seen again.

A lovely day out in Kent nonetheless.

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