This page shows records submitted for birds seen between 23 Jan 2025 and 31 Jan 2025. 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.
2 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
11 Snipe, 2 Spoonbill, 2 Marsh Harrier
21 Pintail (EF), 167 Avocet (Mouth of FC), 11 Snipe (EF), 1 Great White Egret (Sheppey saltings), 1 Marsh Harrier
6 Red-legged Partridge, 4 Marsh Harrier, 4 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Stonechat, 5 Linnet
4 Barnacle Goose (Probably 5th in dead ground), c110 Greylag Goose, 1 White-fronted Goose, 1 Mistle Thrush, c200 Linnet (Still on flower seed crop)
4 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
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
4 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
3 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
1 Goosander (drake flying west), 4 Red-breasted Merganser, 4 Red-throated Diver
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
2 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
23 Corn Bunting (in set aside north of the church with 10+ Reed Bunting and c30 Chaffinch)
1 Dartford Warbler (In hedgerow for past week, visible from road and public footpaths)
1 Brent Goose (Pale-bellied Brent with 980 Dark-bellied birds)
2 White-fronted Goose (on RSPB fields), 6 Velvet Scoter (flew north east out of Whitstable Bay), 2 Red-breasted Merganser, 1 Red-throated Diver
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)
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail)
2 Red Kite, 6 Skylark, 4 Mistle Thrush, 11 Fieldfare, 1 Stonechat (M), 30 Meadow Pipit, 52 Linnet
32 Red Kite (In to roost), 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven (Having an aerial tussle with red kite)
5 Barnacle Goose, 115 Greylag Goose, 1 White-fronted Goose
2 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
4 Red-breasted Merganser, 16 Red-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver
5 Barnacle Goose (Along Wingham R with 129 Greylags), 1 Hen Harrier (superb male hunting along Wingham R)
1 Hen Harrier (Ringtail hunting over Wantsum Marshes)
1 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
24 White-fronted Goose, 11 Grey Partridge
1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
3 Goosander (2M on Lancup Well), 3 Common Buzzard, 12 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Hawfinch (Churchyard), 7 Goldfinch
5 Barnacle Goose (With Greylag flock Grove road), 2 White-fronted Goose (1 imm with Greylags), 25 Cattle Egret (Feeding in Bull’s Field)
3 Marsh Harrier, 1 Hen Harrier (Ring tail towards Grove Ferry), 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine
5 Barnacle Goose (With Greylag flock)
1 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)
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
1 Smew (Redhead on main lake)
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
1 Hawfinch (In trees around Chislet Church 09:30)
8 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)
4 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
5 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
1 Spoonbill (Near Nagden House)
2 Cattle Egret (Near The Brents Industrial Estate)
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.)
1 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)
10 Red-breasted Merganser, 4 Red-throated Diver
4 Spoonbills , 1 Barn Owl
2+ Great Crested Grebe, 3 Black-necked Grebe
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