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Friday 31 January 2025

Furnace Pond (Horsmonden) (14:30 to 15:30) [Stephen Mills]  Map

Greylag Goose, 1 Water Rail, 7 Coot, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Marsh Tit, 14 Blue Tit, 10 Great Tit, 1 Skylark, 18 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 110 Starling, 1 Mistle Thrush, 60 Redwing, 30 Fieldfare, 6 Chaffinch

Oare Marshes (13:00 to 15:00) High cloud after morning of rain [Rebecca Torry]  Map

11 Snipe, 2 Spoonbill, 2 Marsh Harrier

Oare Marshes (11:00 to 13:30) Overcast with light rain. Moderate S'ly breeze. HT 13.30 [Damon Smith]  Map

21 Pintail (EF), 167 Avocet (Mouth of FC), 11 Snipe (EF), 1 Great White Egret (Sheppey saltings), 1 Marsh Harrier

Thursday 30 January 2025

Capel Fleet (East Sheppey) (14:10 to 15:00) Sun 8C with Jim Butler [Eric Brown]  Map

Red-legged Partridge, 4 Marsh Harrier, 4 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Stonechat, 5 Linnet

Seaton Gravel Pits (14:00 to 15:20) Sunny N1 [Richard Collins]  Map

Barnacle Goose (Probably 5th in dead ground), c110 Greylag Goose, 1 White-fronted Goose, 1 Mistle Thrush, c200 Linnet (Still on flower seed crop)

Swale-Harty (13:20 to 14:05) Sun 8C with Jim Butler [Eric Brown]  Map

Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 27 White-fronted Goose, 4 Stock Dove, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 28 Avocet, 62 Lapwing, 10 Curlew, 16 Sanderling, 5 Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Kestrel

Leysdown (11:35 to 12:20) Sunshine, slight breeze, around high tide 7C with Jim Butler [Eric Brown]  Map

500 Brent Goose (Minimum figure birds on sea and in fields), 1 Oystercatcher, 12 Turnstone, 38 Sanderling, 15 Redshank, 13 Common Gull, 10 Red-throated Diver (One group of three one group of seven), 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel

Dartford Marshes (10:20 to 13:45) Rising tide [Stephen Gatley]  Map

Egyptian Goose, 2 Shelduck, 19 Shoveler, 17 Gadwall, 34 Wigeon, c250 Teal, 3 Pochard, c30 Stock Dove, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Oystercatcher, c35 Avocet, 10 Lapwing, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, c40 Redshank, 1+ Common Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 5 Fieldfare, 1 Stonechat, 4+ Meadow Pipit, 13 Linnet, c15 Goldfinch

Littlebrook (09:25 to 10:15) Around the lakes area [Stephen Gatley]  Map

Canada Goose, 4 Shoveler, 1 Pochard, 35 Tufted Duck, 1 Goldeneye (Female), 1 Water Rail (Heard), 3 Little Grebe, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

Tankerton (Whitstable) (07:40 to 08:20) [Jim Bloor]  Map

Goosander (drake flying west), 4 Red-breasted Merganser, 4 Red-throated Diver

Penshurst Place (Park Farm area) sunny [John Guiver]  Map

24 Canada Goose, 90 Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 5 Cormorant (W), 1 Grey Heron, 3 Common Buzzard, 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel (M), 1 Raven, 13 Song Thrush (singing), 65 Redwing, 1 Hawfinch (Churchyard), 2 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch

Wednesday 29 January 2025

Oare Marshes (13:10 to 14:30) Overcast & calm HT 12.05 [Damon Smith]  Map

Mute Swan, 75 Shoveler, 12 Gadwall, 4 Mallard, 14 Pintail, 25 Teal, 4 Moorhen, 9 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher, 6 Avocet, 1 Lapwing, 30 Curlew (In W side field), 35 Black-tailed Godwit (Flew E along Swale), 9 Snipe, 4 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 4 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Raven, 1 Stonechat

Cooling (11:00 to 11:45) [Keith Cutting]  Map

23 Corn Bunting (in set aside north of the church with 10+ Reed Bunting and c30 Chaffinch)

Marden (10:00) Cold and clear [Ray Morris]  Map

Dartford Warbler (In hedgerow for past week, visible from road and public footpaths)

Reculver (09:30) [Chris Hindle]  Map

Brent Goose (Pale-bellied Brent with 980 Dark-bellied birds)

Seasalter (09:15 to 10:15) [Jim Bloor]  Map

White-fronted Goose (on RSPB fields), 6 Velvet Scoter (flew north east out of Whitstable Bay), 2 Red-breasted Merganser, 1 Red-throated Diver

South Swale LNR (08:00 to 13:40) Sun and cloud, wind S.W. light, [Colin Fisher]  Map

79 Brent Goose, 10 Shoveler (seven were seen on Cleve Marsh), 420 Wigeon, 6 Pintail (Sheppey side of the Swale), 169 Teal, 667 Oystercatcher, 35 Grey Plover, 30 Ringed Plover, 350 Bar-tailed Godwit (Castle Coote at high tide), 3000 Knot (Castle Coote at high tide), 1 Ruff (with a mixed flock of waders at Castle Coote at high tide), 1 Sanderling (beach huts), 1900 Dunlin (Castle Coote at high tide), 3 Snipe (flew into Castle Coote), 2 Spoonbill (Sheppey salt marsh), 3 Marsh Harrier, 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Peregrine (over Cleve Marsh)

Conyer [Nigel McCarley]  Map

Hen Harrier (ringtail)

Penshurst Place (Park Farm area) sunny and mild [John Guiver]  Map

Red Kite, 6 Skylark, 4 Mistle Thrush, 11 Fieldfare, 1 Stonechat (M), 30 Meadow Pipit, 52 Linnet

Tuesday 28 January 2025

Knockholt (15:15 to 16:30) [Russell Brockett]  Map

32 Red Kite (In to roost), 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven (Having an aerial tussle with red kite)

Seaton Gravel Pits (12:45 to 13:10) [Richard Collins]  Map

Barnacle Goose, 115 Greylag Goose, 1 White-fronted Goose

North Foreland (08:00 to 09:40) Wet and windy with moderate visibility. [Phil Beraet ]  Map

Brent Goose (North), 14 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Purple Sandpiper, 69 Kittiwake (South), 7 Guillemot (South), 11 Red-throated Diver (10 South), 22 Gannet (South), 1 Shag, 2 Stonechat

Tankerton (Whitstable) (08:00 to 09:15) [Jim Bloor]  Map

Red-breasted Merganser, 16 Red-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver

Monday 27 January 2025

Seaton Gravel Pits (15:55 to 15:57) [Richard Collins]  Map

Barnacle Goose (Along Wingham R with 129 Greylags), 1 Hen Harrier (superb male hunting along Wingham R)

Sarre (15:15 to 15:17) sunny, SW5 [Richard Collins]  Map

Hen Harrier (Ringtail hunting over Wantsum Marshes)

South Street (Selling) (10:15 to 13:00) Sunny with a strong southerly wind [Colin Fisher]  Map

Woodcock (flushed from Fox Wood Pond), 1 Little Egret (Fox Wood Pond), 3 Common Buzzard, 1 Peregrine (flew south over Selling railway station), 1 Chiffchaff (on railway embankment behind Blackley's Cottages), 50 Redwing, 35 Fieldfare, 5 Pied Wagtail (on flooded field at South Street), 95 Chaffinch (flying from the embankment to the orchards behind Blackley's Cottages), 4 Bullfinch

Sandwich Bay, Golf Road (09:50 to 10:10) [Phil Beraet ]  Map

24 White-fronted Goose, 11 Grey Partridge

Sunday 26 January 2025

Thornden Wood (near Canterbury) (09:30 to 11:30) [Jim Bloor]  Map

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

Penshurst Place (Park Farm area) [John Guiver]  Map

Goosander (2M on Lancup Well), 3 Common Buzzard, 12 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Hawfinch (Churchyard), 7 Goldfinch

Seaton Gravel Pits [Richard Collins]  Map

Barnacle Goose (With Greylag flock Grove road), 2 White-fronted Goose (1 imm with Greylags), 25 Cattle Egret (Feeding in Bull’s Field)

Saturday 25 January 2025

Chislet Marshes (15:30 to 16:45) Sunny, light wind. [Marc Heath]  Map

Marsh Harrier, 1 Hen Harrier (Ring tail towards Grove Ferry), 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine

Seaton Gravel Pits (15:30) [Richard Collins]  Map

Barnacle Goose (With Greylag flock)

Godmersham (near Wye) (10:30 to 12:30) sunny but cold [Chris Gillard]  Map

Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, 4 Common Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 8 Chaffinch, 2 Hawfinch, 4 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch (Nearby on mix hedge and presumably nectarising on flowering viburnum farreri, a Brimstone butterfly)

South Swale LNR (09:00 to 13:05) Sunny and cold, wind N.W. light to moderate [Colin Fisher]  Map

70 Brent Goose, 2 Shoveler (pair on Cleve Marsh), 5 Gadwall (Cleve Marsh), 1710 Wigeon (460 were on Castle Coote and 1,250 were flushed from the salt marsh below Mocketts Hill on Sheppey), 2 Pintail (pair on the Swale), 80 Oystercatcher (Castle Coote), 59 Turnstone, 230 Dunlin (mudflats), 2 Marsh Harrier, 3 Common Buzzard (over Seasalter Levels), 2 Raven, 19 Skylark, 9 Stonechat, 20 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 19 Linnet

Seaton Gravel Pits (08:00 to 09:30) [Jim Bloor]  Map

Smew (Redhead on main lake)

Furnace Pond (Horsmonden) (07:30 to 09:45) [Stephen Mills]  Map

20 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 2 Water Rail, 5 Coot, 2 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Raven, 9 Skylark, 400 Starling, 700 Redwing, 800 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat (a pair), 2 Grey Wagtail, 5 Pied Wagtail, 30 Meadow Pipit, 2 Linnet, 3 Redpoll, 70+ Siskin

Chislet Marshes (07:00 to 10:30) Sunny, light wind (Nethergong Campsite and area) [Marc Heath]  Map

Hawfinch (In trees around Chislet Church 09:30)

Oare Marshes (07:00 to 10:45) Sunny with a gentle WNW breeze. Temp. up to 7C. HT circa 08:45. With RR and RM. [Murray Wright]  Map

White-fronted Goose (circled over reserve with a single Greylag circa 08:10 then flew N), 34 Pintail (on EF - 46 last Weds.), 1 Greenshank (on NA then flew to FC), 3 Spoonbill (on Sheppey saltings again), 1 Great White Egret (on EF), 3 Marsh Harrier (male and two imms. around reserve), 1 Hen Harrier (male flew S across Swale from Sheppey circa 09:25 and crossed sea wall towards DD; later same bird seen hunting W of road circa 10:25.), 3 Barn Owl (two hunting around reserve and one on Sheppey), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (female), 2 Raven, 4 Stonechat (two pairs)

Penshurst Place (Park Farm area) sunny and calm [John Guiver]  Map

Egyptian Goose, 20 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Sparrowhawk (F - scattered Churchyard finches), 1 Red Kite, 1 Tawny Owl, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel (M), 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Mistle Thrush, 4 Fieldfare, 2 Hawfinch (back of Churchyard with Greenfinches), 4 Bullfinch, 4 Greenfinch, 1 Redpoll

Friday 24 January 2025

Furnace Pond (Horsmonden) (14:30 to 15:35) [Stephen Mills]  Map

Mandarin Duck (3 drakes and 2 ducks), 16 Mallard, 2 Water Rail, 5 Coot, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk (female), 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Peregrine (a male), 2 Mistle Thrush, 60 Redwing, 8 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat (a pair), 5 Pied Wagtail, 40 Meadow Pipit, 35 Linnet, 60 Siskin

Faversham Creek (14:15 to 14:20) [Christopher Hill]  Map

Spoonbill (Near Nagden House)

Ham Marshes (Faversham) (11:15 to 11:20) [Christopher Hill]  Map

Cattle Egret (Near The Brents Industrial Estate)

Thursday 23 January 2025

Elmley Marshes (Whole Area) (10:15 to 13:45) light rain [Keith Cutting]  Map

80 Black -tailed Godwit (Along the Entrance track and 8 Ruff in flight.), 120 Shelduck, 1 Merlin (on gate by entrance track; 10+ Marsh Harriers; 2 Kestrels and Buzzard.)

Cliffe Pools and Quarries (09:00 to 13:00) Low tide [Stephen Gatley]  Map

Egyptian Goose (Flew over), 36 Gadwall (Including 12 at Higham Bight), 42+ Pintail (All except one on Hidden Pool), 15 Pochard, c160 Tufted Duck (Including c55 in quarries), 1 Goldeneye (Drake in South Quarry), c30 Little Grebe, 3 Great Crested Grebe (Including one in North Quarry), 2 Avocet (At Cliffe Creek), c390 Golden Plover, 1 Spotted Redshank (Near Cliffe Creek), 1 Greenshank, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Peregrine, 1 Blackcap (Heard calling)

Tankerton (Whitstable) (08:10 to 09:00) [Jim Bloor]  Map

10 Red-breasted Merganser, 4 Red-throated Diver

Castle Coote (South Swale LNR) (08:00 to 11:00) Cloudy SW 3/4 increasing [Neil Frampton]  Map

Spoonbills , 1 Barn Owl

Cliffe (Alpha Pool) [Stephen Gatley]  Map

2+ Great Crested Grebe, 3 Black-necked Grebe

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