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This page shows records submitted for birds seen between 12 Sep 2026 and 20 Sep 2026. Sightings from the most recent 7 days are not available to non-members. Please consider joining the KOS to see more recent records, or if you are a member, login here. Rare and scarce species species are shown in orange and unusual species in blue.
Sunday 20 September 2026
Bedlam's Bottom (Medway) (16:00 to 17:30) 3/8 cloud, warm and sunny, NW 3 breeze. Rising tide. [Murray Orchard] Map
105 Shelduck, 10 Wigeon, 80 Pintail, 3 Little Grebe, 7 Great Crested Grebe, 140 Avocet, 40 Curlew, 25 Black-tailed Godwit, 550 Redshank, 14 Greenshank, 1 Green Woodpecker (heard)
Milton Creek (Sittingbourne) (12:20 to 13:00) Warm and sunny with NW 3 breeze [Murray Orchard] Map
3 Oystercatcher, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 215 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 6 Greenshank, 3 Turnstone, 1 Little Egret, 1 Green Woodpecker (heard)
Garrington (near Littlebourne) (10:15 to 10:45) [R J Douthwaite] Map
1 Hobby, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Raven
Holborough Marsh (10:15 to 11:30) Cloudy, warm with NW 3 breeze [Murray Orchard] Map
1 Grey Phalarope (1st winter bird feeding on small pool near river wall), 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Cetti's Warbler
Oare Marshes (08:50 to 11:20) Cloudy with light W'ly breeze. HT 6.50 [Damon Smith] Map
2 Little Grebe (FC), 1 Water Rail (DD), 2 Black-tailed Godwit (FC), 1 Snipe (EF), 200 Redshank (FC), 2 Sandwich Tern (Swale), 22 Cattle Egret (20 with E side cattle & 2 with W side sheep), 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven (on pylon), 18 Swallow
Seasalter (06:50 to 08:30) [Jeremy David Hall] Map
3 Spoonbill (Headed inland towards goodnestone), 1 Barn Owl (Over dried out new flood)
Dungeness Bird Observatory (06:00 to 15:45) Cold. Only doing highlights. [Lenny] Map
1 Turtle Dove (One landed on the wire in the desert for a few minutes before flying away from a Peregrine.), 1 Red-necked Phalarope (I saw at the SE end of ARC, extremely distant, but definite.), 1 Pectoral Sandpiper (I saw briefly at Dengemarsh before it moved over to ARC, then saw it from there but lost sight after that.), 1 Long-tailed Skua (Possible bird flew W, was alone and I had no chance of identifying, not good at skuas!), 1 White-winged Black Tern (Another ARC distant bird, showing well early morning.), 19 Mediterranean Shearwater (Flew west, 5 flew very high over the buoy), 1 Hen Harrier (Female flew over quite high off the sea), 2 Merlin (Landed on the beach early morning), 50+ Yellow Wagtail (Flew over in one flock and landed for my prediction in the desert), 500+ Meadow Pipit (Flew over throughout the day), 10 Redpoll (Flew in off the sea)
Friday 18 September 2026
Oare Marshes (10:40 to 15:00) Sun, windy 20C with Jim Butler low tide [Eric Brown] Map
48 Avocet, 25 Ringed Plover, 1 Lapwing, 7 Curlew, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper (West side creek), 11 Redshank, 12 Turnstone, 1 Curlew Sandpiper (On mud left of slipway with ringed plovers), 2 Dunlin, 11 Little Egret, 14 Cattle Egret (East Flood), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Reed Warbler, 47 Swallow, 9 House Martin, 1 Wheatear (East Flood), 8 Meadow Pipit, 11 Linnet
Thursday 17 September 2026
Oare Marshes (14:10 to 16:45) Sunny with a brisk W'ly breeze. HT 16.35 [Damon Smith] Map
47 Avocet (mouth of FC), 6 Black-tailed Godwit (FC), 460 Redshank (FC), 5 Sandwich Tern (Swale), 2 Cattle Egret (with E side cattle), 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Marsh Harrier (flying across Swale to Sheppey), 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Sand Martin, 100 Swallow (c), 1 Yellow Wagtail (EF), 8 Pied Wagtail (EF)
North Foreland (06:10 to 09:00) SW 14-18mph, Cloud Cover 90%, SS 3, Vis GTB (3 Observers J.Carnell, J.Brown & myself [Craig Sammels] Map
32 Common Tern (2n, 30s), 5 Little Gull (S), 18 Gannet (N), 1 Merlin (In off then S), 3 Hobby (In off then S), 8 Sand Martin (In off then S), 27 Swallow (In off then S), 510 House Martin (In off then S), 3 Chiffchaff, 20 Robin, 1 Whinchat, 7 Grey Wagtail (4n, 3s), 5 Yellow Wagtail (S), 53 Meadow Pipit (In off then S), 1 Greenfinch
Wednesday 16 September 2026
Postling (Lyminge) (16:10 to 16:15) Dry and quite sunny. [Alex Wiltshire] Map
1 Hen Harrier (Flying low over our car.)
Oare Marshes (13:45 to 16:15) Mostly cloudy with light W'ly breeze. HT 16.00 [Damon Smith] Map
2 Little Grebe (FC), 58 Avocet (mouth of FC), 130 Golden Plover (Sheppey saltings), 1 Ringed Plover (EF - juv), 220 Curlew (Sheppey saltings), 580 Redshank (FC), 1 Spotted Redshank (FC), 1 Knot (FC), 5 Sandwich Tern (Slipway posts), 4 Cattle Egret (with E side cattle), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Hobby, 1 Sand Martin, 200 Swallow (c constantly flying through S), 2 Stonechat, 1 White Wagtail (EF feeding with numerous Pied Wagtails)
Sandwich Bay (10:30 to 17:15) Sunny, light breeze [Nick Smith] Map
1 Dotterel (Remained on beach for several hours)
North Foreland (06:00 to 11:30) 3 Observers, John Carnell, Phil Beraet & myself. Wind; NW 3-4, Partly Cloudy at first then patchy, temperature 17c. [Craig Sammels] Map
141 Meadow Pipit (In off the sea then West), 4 Common Scoter (N), 4 Common Teal (3S, 1N), 4 Whimbrel (1N, 3S), 1 Common Sandpiper (P), 7 Arctic Skua (2N, 5S), 1 Long-tailed Skua (Juv S at 7.53am), 104 Sandwich Tern (S), 9 Common Tern (7N, 2S), 3 Mediterranean Gull (N), 2 Fulmar (N), 1 Manx Shearwater (S at 7.27am), 1 Balearic Shearwater (S at 9.05am close in), 8 Gannet (1N, 7S), 1 Shag (P), 1 Little Egret (P), 1 Hobby (S), 3 Grey Wagtail (N)
Tuesday 15 September 2026
Grain (14:00 to 17:00) WSW3 HT 15.45 [Russell Brockett] Map
1 Black Tern, 32 Sandwich Tern, 7 Common Tern, 106 Black-headed Gull (HT roost), 7 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Gannet (adult upriver), 6 Cormorant, 1 Peregrine, 90 Swallow (Most across from Essex)
Stodmarsh (13:40 to 15:00) [Keith Cutting] Map
2 Garganey (from Reedbed Hide.), 2 Green Sandpiper (plus a Common Sandpaper from Reedbed Hide. Other birds recorded included Kingfisher, Water Rail, Bearded Tit and Cetti’s warbler.), 1 Great White Egret (from Reedbed Hide)
Cliffe Pools RSPB Reserve (12:30 to 18:30) Cloudy with warm sunshine, W 5 wind easing to 3. WeBS count. High tide about 16.00. Earthworks on (dry) BBPs with frequent lorry movements along causeway, but not preventing or disturbing FP roost. [Murray Orchard] Map
4 Shelduck, 2 Shoveler (CP), 4 Mallard, 5 Little Grebe (RP), 24 Great Crested Grebe (Crystal Pools), 2 Coot (CP), 1510 Avocet (FP roost), 71 Grey Plover (FP roost), 1 Golden Plover (amongst Grey Plovers), 154 Ringed Plover (148 roosting on FP), 48 Lapwing (RP), 148 Curlew (FP roost), 21 Bar-tailed Godwit (FP roost, including a red adult male), 2225 Black-tailed Godwit (FP roost), 3 Common Sandpiper (Kingfisher Pools), 7 Redshank (RP/CP), 5 Greenshank (CP), 1 Turnstone (FP), 13 Knot (FP roost), 2 Ruff (juveniles on RP), 1 Curlew Sandpiper (juvenile amongst Dunlin roost), 330 Dunlin (FP roost), 17 Great Black-backed Gull (15 roosting on FP, 2 eating dead eels on RP), 2 Little Egret
Monday 14 September 2026
Oare Marshes (12:00 to 14:00) Mostly cloudy with light SW'ly breeze. Warm. HT 14.45 [Damon Smith] Map
2 Little Grebe (FC), 1 Black-tailed Godwit (FC), 120 Redshank (FC), 4 Sandwich Tern (FC), 1 Osprey (Swale), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven (on pylon), 2 Sand Martin, 500 Swallow (+ constantly flying through S particularly low over the sluice where they were regularly landing), 16 House Martin, 2 Wheatear (EF)
Garrington (near Littlebourne) (10:00 to 11:00) Cloudy, slight breeze [Anthea Skiffington] Map
16 Cattle Egret, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Grey Wagtail
South Swale LNR (06:15 to 11:05) Cloudy with occasional drizzle, wind a light S.W. breeze. [Colin Fisher] Map
1 Wigeon, 1 Common Teal, 2 Snipe (flew over), 1 Greenshank (flew west), 1 Sandwich Tern, 5 Little Egret, 1 Cattle Egret (Cleve Marsh), 13 Grey Heron (one was seen catching an eel), 1 Barn Owl (close views, down to 25 feet at Cleve Marsh), 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (heard calling at Cleve Marsh), 1 Peregrine (a juvenile flew across Castle Coote), 8 Bearded Tit, 24 Swallow (flew south), 1 Willow Warbler, 16 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 1 Whinchat, 6 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 7 Pied Wagtail, 130 Linnet (feeding on the beach below the seawall), 70 Goldfinch (Cleve Marsh), 13 Reed Bunting, 2 Yellowhammer (Cleve Marsh)
Ashford (04:30 to 17:00) Doing work, well birdwatching, in around 25 degree heat, not a bad day to be honest! [Harry] Map
1 Crane (Nice surprise, back fields at Conningbrook!), 2 Little Stint (2 birds at Conningbrook, one flew over and one joined it flying off up towards Dungeness, I think.), 50 Mediterranean Gull (They showed well at lunch, flying over.), 2 Kingfisher (The two birds skimmed the lakes, showing really well, although I did nearly get hit in the head by one.), 5 Green Woodpecker (Showed really well, just sat on the path), 1 Firecrest (Showing well in a tree, flew off towards Conningbrook), 1 Redwing (One late afternoon flew over), 2 Wheatear (Around the bridge to head onto Boy's Hall Orchard mid morning.), 11 Grey Wagtail (Counting throughout the day. Got a bunch along the river.), 30+ Greenfinch (Showed quite well, although it was bad visibilty.), 1 Siskin (first one of the autumn for me.)
Sunday 13 September 2026
Garrington (near Littlebourne) (10:30 to 10:40) [R J Douthwaite] Map
2 Little Owl, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, 25 Goldfinch
River Medway at Cuxton (10:00 to 12:00) Incoming tide [R Vink] Map
18 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Swallow, 30+ House Martin (Spent more than 5 minutes near and over houseboat before turning south), 1 Reed Bunting
Cliffe Pools RSPB Reserve (10:00 to 12:30) Overcast, sunny intervals later humid [Iain Black] Map
24 Ringed Plover (FP), 1 Greenshank (RP), 2 Ruff (RP), 2 Little Stint (RP), 1 Hobby, 1 Whinchat (BB sheep fields), 1 Wheatear (Cliffe creek)
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