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Wednesday 12 January 2022
Cliffe (Timber Lake) (14:45 to 14:45) Bright and sunny
30+ Barnacle Goose (Hard to count, in with Greylags), 600 Greylag Goose [Murray Orchard]
South Swale LNR (14:45 to 15:15) Bright sunny
1 Barn Owl, 1 Short-eared Owl [Kevin Duvall]
Uplees Marsh (The Swale) (14:45 to 16:50) Bright, mild
1 Barn Owl, 2 Short-eared Owl, 1 Raven (Flying over from Sheppey, cronking loudly), 4 Stonechat [Jonathan Barnard]
Conyer (14:00 to 15:45) sunny and clear
2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Little Owl, 1 Short-eared Owl, 2 Stonechat (pair), 12 Greenfinch (flock on marsh), 2 Corn Bunting [James Massey]
Cliffe (Alpha Pool) (13:45 to 14:30) Clear, sunny and calm/light W breeze
2 Red-breasted Merganser (Female types ), 1 Black-throated Diver (Extremely hard to find until decided to preen. Couldn’t find second bird.), 2 Kingfisher (One chasing the other) [Murray Orchard]
Cliffe (West Court Farm) (13:30 to 13:30)
2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Little Egret [Murray Orchard]
Capel Hill (East Sheppey) (13:15 to 14:15) Still and clear
1 Green Sandpiper (Flyover), 2 Hen Harrier (Ring tails. ), 1 Cetti's Warbler (Heard), 18 Corn Bunting (Usual bush) [David Hale]
Bartons Point, Sheppey (13:00 to 14:00)
30 Little Grebe [Derek Faulkner]
Cliffe (11:30 to 13:15) Clear and sunny. Calm. Salt-water flooded fields between Alpha Pool and Cliffe Creek
2 Bewick's Swan (adults on flooded fields between Alpha and Creek), 120 Shoveler, 3 Pintail, 1200 Lapwing, 1 Greenshank, 1 Common Buzzard, 3 Cetti's Warbler (Singing/calling males in ditch brambles), 15 Meadow Pipit [Murray Orchard]
Leysdown/Shellness (11:30 to 12:45) Stir and clear with tide ebbing
400 Brent Goose (Adjust to Muswell Manor. Minimum number), 1 Stonechat, 12 Brambling (Minimum count in with linnets and chaffinch) [David Hale]
East Malling (11:20 to 11:25)
1 Marsh Harrier (Seen flying north over Research Station Land towards Ditton and ? Up the Medway Valley. According to Ross Newman a first for the sight.) [Mike Puxley]
Warden Bay (Leysdown) (11:15 to 11:30) Stir and clear with tide ebbing
34 Great Crested Grebe (Feeding offshore ), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Heard), 7 Shore Lark (Feeding along h.w line) [David Hale]
Sevenoaks Wildfowl Reserve (10:45 to 12:00) Sunny and cold
1 Red Kite (over north lake) [John Edward Scott]
Cliffe Pools RSPB Reserve (10:30 to 11:30) Clear, cold and sunny. Calm/ light W breeze
80 Pintail (Mostly on Black Barn Pools), 6 Goldeneye (4 drakes and duck on FP, duck on Radar Pool. Only quick count from Allen’s Hill), 1 Greenshank (Flamingo Pool), 1 Spoonbill (One roosting on Black Barn Pool 5) [Murray Orchard]
Dover Castle (10:00 to 11:00)
1+ Firecrest, 2+ Goldcrest [John Neighbour]
Holborough marshes (09:45 to 11:00) Sunny,early frost
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redshank [Jeremy David Hall]
Elmley NNR (09:44 to 15:40) Entrance Track and Car Park Only. Sunny, mild, light winds @7mph
50+ Canada Goose, 10+ Greylag Goose, 26 Mute Swan, 10+ Shelduck, 30+ Wigeon, 30+ Mallard, 30+ Pheasant, 20+ Wood Pigeon, 1 Moorhen, 20+ Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 100+ Lapwing, 1 Golden Plover, 6 Curlew, 30+ Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Gull, 3 Cormorant, 3 Cattle Egret (No Cattle), 3 Grey Heron, 10+ Marsh Harrier, 10+ Common Buzzard, 6 Short-eared Owl, 1 Kestrel, 1 Merlin (Female), 4 Magpie, 30+ Rook, 5+ Carrion Crow, 3 Blue Tit, 8 Skylark, 1 Wren, 100+ Starling, 1 Robin, 1 Stonechat, 3 House Sparrow, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Chaffinch (1M1F), 4 Reed Bunting (Males) [John Bunting]
Reculver (09:30 to 09:30)
1 Dartford Warbler [Chris Hindle]
Oare Marshes (07:00 to 11:00) Sunny with a gentle NNW breeze - temp. up to 7C.HT circa 07:45.
28 Pintail (on EF - 52 on EF on 5th), 1 Tufted Duck (lone drake on EF), 1 Red-throated Diver (on Swale), 1 Barn Owl (showing well first thing), 1 Kingfisher (female flushed from sluice flew to wreck in Faversham creek), 1 Peregrine (on OM pylon), 1 Raven (vocal bird lingering on pylon SW of cottages), 2 Mistle Thrush (on wires SW of cottages), 10 Water Pipit (+ on flood circa 200 yds. E of Dan's Dock) [Murray Wright]
Dover Harbour
4+ Shag , 1+ Caspian Gull (1st winter opposite lifeboat station ) [John Neighbour]
Sevenoaks Wildfowl Reserve Sunny and cold
1 Little Grebe , 1 Goosander (Drake), 9 Little Egret, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Mistle Thrush, 6 Redwing, 100 Siskin (3 large flocks) [John Edward Scott]
Wickhambreaux
4 Little Egret [Brendan Ryan]
Tuesday 11 January 2022
Dungeness (13:00 to 14:30) Overcast
1 Little Gull (Patch), 1 Great White Egret (Boulderwall), 1 Marsh Harrier (As above), 1 Black Redstart (in Power station compound), 1 Grey Wagtail (As above) [Chris Gillard]
East Malling (13:00 to 13:10)
5 Brambling [Mike Puxley]
Walland Marsh (12:00 to 12:30) Overcast
35 Bewick's Swan (Different area to above), 5 Whooper Swan (With 2 Bewicks and 8 Mutes) [Chris Gillard]
Cleve Hill (Seasalter) dull 8deg
330 Stock Dove [Mike Gould]
Monday 10 January 2022
Conningbrook Gravel Pits (Main Lake) (15:20 to 15:50)
6 Shoveler, 18 Pochard, 14 Tufted Duck, 2 Goosander (Pair), 7 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 6 Little Egret, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chaffinch [Kev Ellse]
Furnace Pond (Horsmonden) (15:15 to 15:50)
2 Canada Goose, 3 Greylag Goose, 1 Water Rail, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Marsh Tit, 11 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Redwing, 10 Fieldfare, 1 Lesser Redpoll [Stephen Mills]
Horsmonden (15:00 to 15:10)
2 Stonechat (pair still in kirkins) [Stephen Mills]
Conningbrook Gravel Pits (14:30 to 15:00)
20 Pochard (Majority males), 2 Goosander (Male and female), 4 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 9 Long-tailed Tit [Keith Privett]
Worth Marshes (Sandwich Bay) (12:00 to 14:00) Dry and calm
1 Pintail (Drake with Teal from Wooden bridge), 4 Grey Partridge (in field from Pinnock Wall), 1 White Stork, 1 Peregrine (spooking Golden Plover and Lapwings), 1 Water Pipit [Chris Gillard]
Downe (West Kent Golf Club) (11:30 to 11:30)
1 Peregrine (Flying low over the 8th green ) [Russell Brockett]
Oare (Gunpowder Park) (11:30 to 13:00) Sun; sheltered; 4deg
2 Nuthatch (scarce this site), 4 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail [Mike Roser]
Westbere/Fordwich Lakes Complex (11:30 to 13:00)
2 Egyptian Goose, 36 Gadwall, 4 Little Egret (Fordwich ), 1 Dusky Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff [Brendan Ryan]
Newnham (10:10)
4 Stock Dove [Graham Wickenden]
Bockhill (10:00 to 11:00)
5 Red-throated Diver, 1 Raven, 1 Hume's Warbler (Still present in the Farm Wood) [Brendan Ryan]
Oare Marshes (08:45 to 11:00) frost, calm, 3deg, sun
1 Red-throated Diver, 1 Kingfisher (creek wreck), 2 Raven (cronking; minor display.. Pylon then W), 1 Cetti's Warbler (singing) [Mike Roser]
Seasalter
6 Shoveler, 70 Teal, 6 Red-breasted Merganser, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Peregrine [Mike Gould]
Sunday 9 January 2022
Knockholt (Stoneings Lane) (15:00 to 15:00)
70 Redwing (feeding on worms in field adjacent to the lane) [Russell Brockett]
Elmley Marshes (Whole Area) (14:30 to 14:35) Sunny
2 Cattle Egret (Ferry Road by Gun Club) [Neil Burt]
Dungeness sea watch hide (14:15 to 16:15) Sunny, light breeze.
1 Little Gull, 3 Black Redstart (Compound behind hide.), 1 Grey Wagtail (Compound behind hide.) [John Thompson]
ARC Pits/RSPB Reserve (Dungeness) (14:15 to 14:20) sunny breezy
1 Raven (Flying over into the wind, sw to ne) [Jill Tardivel]
Kennington (14:00 to 15:30)
8 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Jay, 2 Goldcrest [Kev Ellse]
Capel Fleet (East Sheppey) (12:00 to 14:00) Sunny
100+ White-fronted Goose, 1 Bewick's Swan (Adult with Mute Swans), 1 Whooper Swan (Adult with Mute Swans), 4 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Hen Harrier (Male scaring the ducks and waders on the fleet), 1 Common Buzzard (Harty Hill), 3 Kestrel, 10+ Corn Bunting [Neil Burt]
Conyer (12:00 to 12:00) sunny, tide out
12 Greenfinch (on marsh) [James Massey]
Fordwich (12:00 to 15:00) Sunny, calm
1 Goosander (female on lake), 1 Grey Heron, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Dusky Warbler (in pathside brambles 100-200m west of permissive path sign), 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Treecreeper, 20 Siskin [Bob Knight]
Bough Beech Reservoir (11:00 to 14:00) Sunny but cold
3 Brambling, 3 Yellowhammer, 13 Reed Bunting [Nick Baelz]
Conyer (10:45 to 12:15) Dry bright and calm but cool
20 Brent Goose, 100+ Shelduck, 1500+ Wigeon, 65 Avocet, 3 Grey Plover, 20 Ringed Plover, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 20 Black-tailed Godwit, 400+ Knot, 15 Dunlin, 35 Redshank, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker [Chris Gillard]
Newnham (09:40)
1 Stock Dove [Graham Wickenden]
Elmley NNR (09:20 to 15:35) Entrance track only Sunny, Chilly, low wind
20+ Shelduck, 1 Little Grebe, 50+ Lapwing, 10+ Curlew, 50+ Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Cattle Egret (Cattle were removed last week), 1 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 10+ Marsh Harrier, 5+ Common Buzzard (Including 1 pale form), 1 Barn Owl, 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Kestrel, 1 Merlin, 1 Peregrine, 4+ Stonechat, 2 Reed Bunting (Females) [John Bunting]
Fordwich/Trenleypark Lakes (09:00 to 11:00) Sunny, cold, no wind
2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Heard calling 3 times), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper [Marc Heath]
Muswell Manor (08:45 to 11:00) Sunny
2 Golden Plover, 1 Marsh Harrier (Male), 1 Hen Harrier (Ringtail - Hunting over game strips and setasides containing 100s of Linnet, Chaffinch and Brambling), 1 Short-eared Owl (Hunting seawall at Swale NNR), 7 Shore Lark (Flew north towards Leysdown ), 1 Stonechat (Female) [Neil Burt]
Grove Ferry (07:00 to 08:30) Cold, clear skies, little wind
50 Mute Swan (+), 1 Shelduck, 100 Lapwing (+), 1 Woodcock, 2 Snipe, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 5 Marsh Harrier (Including 2 skydiving males), 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Kestrel [Marc Heath]
Dungeness
2 Pintail, 5 Goldeneye, 2 Mediterranean Gull (Adult & 2W on The Patch), 1 Iceland Gull (2W on beach W of Power Station then flew to patch), 30+ Guillemot, 25+ Razorbill, 30+ Red-throated Diver, 75+ Gannet, 4 Great White Egret, 4 Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Grey Wagtail (Power Station) [Ray O'Reilly]
ARC Pits (Dungeness)
1 Great White Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff (Near pines) [Keith Privett]
Cheyne Court (Walland)
5 Whooper Swan (All adults) [Keith Privett]
Dengemarsh
4 Egyptian Goose, 400 Lapwing, 35 Corn Bunting, 10 Reed Bunting [Keith Privett]
Leybourne/New Hythe
2 Peregrine [Richard Dowling]
Scotney Court Gravel Pits (Lydd)
60 Barnacle Goose, 1 Marsh Harrier [Keith Privett]
Shirley Moor
6 Red-legged Partridge, 100+ Stock Dove (Single flock), 2 Kestrel [Keith Privett]
Walland Marsh
20 Bewick's Swan (18 adults, 2 juveniles), 1 Little Egret, 3 Common Buzzard [Keith Privett]
Walland Marsh
30 White-fronted Goose (off Dennes Lane), 36 Bewick's Swan (15 with the Whoopers), 5 Whooper Swan (Old Cheynne Court), 4 Egyptian Goose, 2 Marsh Harrier, 4 Common Buzzard, 30 Fieldfare [Ray O'Reilly]
Saturday 8 January 2022
Conningbrook Gravel Pits (14:30 to 14:45) Damp and overcast
3 Gadwall, 2 Goosander (Pair on main lake), 2 Little Egret, 2 Kingfisher [Neil Burt]
ARC Pits/RSPB Reserve (Dungeness) (11:00 to 12:00) Wet and windy
2 Goldeneye (Pair on ARC), 1 Smew (Redhead from the screen hide), 2 Great White Egret (Singles on ARC and Cooks Pool), 10+ Corn Bunting (In field by Springfield Bridge, Dengemarsh ) [Neil Burt]
Walland Marsh (08:30 to 11:00) Wet and windy
41 Bewick's Swan (2 separate flocks. 24 (21 adults and 3 immatures) near Horsebones Farm. 17 (9 adults and 8 immatures) at Hook Wall by Hook House.), 5 Whooper Swan (All adults in field by Old Cheyne Court Farm), 9 Gadwall, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Marsh Harrier, 5 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 20 Fieldfare [Neil Burt]
Folkestone Harbour (08:15 to 08:30)
1 Snow Bunting (At Harbour Arm) [Keith Privett]
Furnace Pond (Horsmonden) (08:10 to 09:00)
2 Water Rail, 1 Coot, 7 Cormorant, 10 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 2 Mistle Thrush, 40 Redwing, 30 Fieldfare, 10 Chaffinch, 2 Brambling (males), 2 Bullfinch, 3 Lesser Redpoll, 50+ Goldfinch, 2 Siskin [Stephen Mills]
Conningbrook Gravel Pits
1 Goosander (Main lake), 1 Barn Owl (North meadow) [Richard H Bailey]
South Swale LNR
1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Peregrine [Mike Gould]
Friday 7 January 2022
Leybourne/New Hythe (16:00 to 16:10) Dull
1 Greater Scaup (With Tufted duck on Streamside Lake) [John Cousins]
The Swale (Milton Creek-Conyer Creek) (14:45 to 14:45) Overcast
1 Slavonian Grebe (near Blackett's outfall, just W of Conyer creek) [James Massey]
Conyer (14:00 to 15:45) cold and becoming overcast; rising tide
140 Grey Plover (tidal roost), 1 Barn Owl, 1 Little Owl, 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Peregrine, 1 Rock Pipit [James Massey]
Chatham Dock Basin (13:00 to 13:45)
1 Shag (sitting on bouy in Basin No 2) [Ray O'Reilly]
Bekesbourne (10:20 to 10:40)
1 Raven (Later seen at Garrington) [R J Douthwaite]
Bough Beech Reservoir (08:30 to 12:00) cold but sunny; not much wind
2 Egyptian Goose (Reservoir), 1 Mandarin Duck (Res male), 1 Peregrine (over Reservoir), 6 Brambling (Smokery), 20 Siskin, 6 Yellowhammer (Smokery), 6 Reed Bunting (Smokery) [Ken Noble]
Bonsai Bank (Denge Woods)
3 Common Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 7 Jay, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Marsh Tit, 4 Firecrest, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Song Thrush, 8 Blackbird, 3 Brambling, 1 Lesser Redpoll, 14 Goldfinch, 7 Siskin (Incl. singing male) [Keith Privett]
Rother Levels
2 Great White Egret, 1 Peregrine, 3 Water Pipit [Stephen Message]
Capel Fleet (East Sheppey) Viewed from Capel Corner
178 White-fronted Goose, 1 Whooper Swan, 1 Barn Owl, 30 Fieldfare [Sean Huggins]
Leysdown/Shellness
7 Shore Lark [Sean Huggins]
Swale NNR
1 Great White Egret , 1 Short-eared Owl, 2 Bearded Tit, 92 Fieldfare [Sean Huggins]
Thursday 6 January 2022
Tonbridge (16:30 to 17:00) Tonbridge Tanyard Farm. Gloomy, 5 deg C
1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Barn Owl [Dave de Silva]
Tonbridge (14:45 to 15:45) Tonbridge Sherenden Farm. Gloomy, 5 deg C
100 Lapwing (fields SW of farm), 2 Great White Egret (both flew east towards Whetsted pits), 2 Little Egret, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 250+ Jackdaw (NE), 50+ Starling, 30+ Redwing, 60 Fieldfare, 3 Meadow Pipit, 20+ Linnet [Dave de Silva]
Godmersham (near Wye) (13:00 to 14:00) Overcast and chilly
2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail, 10 Chaffinch, 12 Brambling, 1 Yellowhammer [Chris Gillard]
Oare Marshes (13:00 to 15:30) Overcast, Light SW'ly HT 14.50 - East Flood mostly frozen
152 Avocet (Faversham Creek), 2 Bar-tailed Godwit (Faversham Creek), 170 Black-tailed Godwit (Faversham Creek), 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Hen Harrier (Male - 13.10 Flew N along Faversham Creek across to Sheppey), 1 Kestrel, 45 Fieldfare (Church Rd), 2 Rock Pipit [Damon Smith]
Conningbrook Lakes (12:30 to 12:45) Dry Bright and cool
2 Goosander (A pair.. View from Sales Office by wicker "statue") [Chris Gillard]
Leysdown/Shellness (12:30 to 14:30)
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Hen Harrier (Ring tail), 2 Peregrine, 7 Shore Lark, 35 Chaffinch, 41 Brambling (Minimum ), 300 Linnet (Estimate) [Barry Wright]
Swale NNR (12:30 to 14:00) Overcast
1 Barn Owl, 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Merlin [Dudley Cox]
Harty Road, Sheppey (12:00 to 12:15)
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail), 32 Corn Bunting [Derek Faulkner]
Westbere/Fordwich Lakes Complex (11:30 to 15:00)
35 Shoveler, 7 Goldeneye (3 drakes), 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Dusky Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper [Brendan Ryan]
Orlestone Forest (10:45 to 12:15) Frosty but sunny
2 Firecrest, 4 Nuthatch, 4 Bullfinch [Chris Gillard]
Collard's Lake (Stodmarsh) (10:00 to 10:45)
82 Wigeon, 11 Pochard, 21 Tufted Duck, 34 Coot (very low count for location), 3 Raven, 1 Firecrest (ringed individual first seen on Dec 31st ), 1 Grey Wagtail, 31 Corn Bunting [Brendan Ryan]
Cliffe Pools RSPB Reserve (08:00 to 10:00)
2 Goldeneye (Alpha Pool), 2 Red-breasted Merganser (Redheads on Alpha Pool), 2 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Water Rail (Timber Lake), 1 Black-throated Diver (Alpha Pool), 1 Sparrowhawk (Male (Musket)), 1 Little Owl [Ray O'Reilly]
Grove Ferry (08:00 to 09:45) Clear skies, calm. cold
1 White-fronted Goose (with Greylags on entrance track), 63 Mute Swan, 1 Bewick's Swan (roosting. left with Mutes after dawn), 3 Shelduck, 3 Pintail (Feast Hide- 2 drakes), 87 Lapwing, 1 Hen Harrier (ringtail), 2 Stonechat, 16 Corn Bunting (out of roost) [Brendan Ryan]
Penshurst Place (Park Farm area) (08:00 to 09:00)
1 Red Kite, 2 Kestrel (M&F), 180 Chaffinch (at maize set aside.) [John Guiver]
Reculver (06:15 to 11:00) with Matt Hindle
600 Brent Goose (+ Black Brant and Pale-bellied Brent), 5 White-fronted Goose, 64 Stock Dove, 2 Water Rail, 21 Lapwing, 133 Golden Plover, 36 Ringed Plover, 2 Woodcock, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Dartford Warbler, 29 Song Thrush, 8 Redwing, 39 Blackbird, 23 Fieldfare, 5 Stonechat, 7 Tree Sparrow, 62 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling, 1 Lapland Bunting, 42 Corn Bunting [Chris Hindle]
Grain
26 Sanderling (Outfall at High Tide), 1 Purple Sandpiper (Outfall at High Tide), 1 Peregrine (On Power Station), 5 Rock Pipit (Cockleshell Beach) [Ray O'Reilly]
New Hythe Lakes
1 Scaup (Drake on Streamside Pit), 1 Goosander (Redhead on Abbey Meads Pit), 1 Green Woodpecker [Ray O'Reilly]
Seasalter
2 Shoveler, 46 Teal, 1 Little Grebe, 400 Lapwing [Mike Gould]
Wednesday 5 January 2022
Stodmarsh/Grove Ferry (16:00 to 16:10) Sunny/cold
1 Great White Egret (seen at same time), 1 Hen Harrier (Ringtail came into roost,seen over reedbed from viewing ramp) [Gerald Roe]
Swanscombe Marsh (14:40 to 15:50)
1 Spoonbill, 1 Raven, 1 Bearded Tit [Barry Wright]
Oare Marshes (13:40 to 16:00) Sunny, chilly NW'ly HT 14.00
19 Pintail, 80 Avocet, 4 Grey Plover, 13 Black-tailed Godwit, 13 Turnstone, 1 Snipe, 220 Redshank, 13 Cormorant, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Common Buzzard [Damon Smith]
Elmley NNR (11:17 to 15:00) Entrance Track Only Sunny but cold and windy
50+ Canada Goose, 20+ Shelduck, 2 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 100+ Lapwing, 20+ Golden Plover, 5 Grey Plover, 20+ Curlew, 50+ Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 20+ Dunlin, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Cormorant, 2 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 10+ Marsh Harrier, 5+ Common Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Merlin [John Bunting]
Swale NNR (10:30 to 12:15) Cold, clear blue skies
1 Great White Egret [Derek Faulkner]
Leysdown (10:10 to 10:13) Sunny, windy, cold. Tide rising
350+ Brent Goose (Including 1 Pale Bellied) [John Bunting]
Shellness (Sheppey) (09:37 to 10:14) Sunny
3 Brambling (Half way down the private road) [John Bunting]
Dover Harbour (08:45 to 10:45)
11 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Purple Sandpiper, 9 Guillemot, 1 Great Northern Diver, 1260 Cormorant [Mark Kennett]
Swalecliffe (Whitstable) (08:30 to 12:00)
6 Shelduck, 3 Red-breasted Merganser, 1 Slavonian Grebe, 3 Red-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver, 1 Chiffchaff [Brendan Ryan]
Reculver (07:50 to 09:30)
484 Brent Goose, 1 Red-breasted Merganser (flying east), 45 Common Gull (flying west), 450 Herring Gull (flying west), 1 Yellow-legged Gull (second winter flying west), 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull (flying west), 7 Red-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver (flying west), 3 Shag (flying over Reculver Towers), 1 Peregrine [Chris Hindle]
Tuesday 4 January 2022
(22:00 to 22:05) West Langdon
1 Barn Owl [Daniel Richards]
Furnace Pond (Horsmonden) (15:15 to 16:00)
2 Mandarin Duck (a par), 1 Water Rail, 12 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Kestrel (male), 1 Jay, 24 Meadow Pipit [Stephen Mills]
Knockholt (Letts Green) (15:00 to 15:30)
1 Red Kite, 1 Marsh Tit [Russell Brockett]
Dover Harbour (14:30 to 16:00)
8 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Turnstone, 69 Kittiwake, 1800 Black-headed Gull, 83 Great Black-backed Gull, 1680 Herring Gull, 9 Guillemot, 1 Razorbill, 1 Great Northern Diver, 30 Gannet, 103 Cormorant, 2 Shag [Mark Kennett]
Otford (14:00 to 14:10)
22 Wigeon [John Edward Scott]
Bourne Park (Bishopsbourne) (11:30 to 12:00)
1 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 10 Meadow Pipit [R J Douthwaite]
Brokes Mill Farm (11:25)
1 Red Kite (flying north.) [John Guiver]
Bough Beech Reservoir (10:30 to 13:00) Becoming wet and windy
8 Egyptian Goose (North Lake), 2 Mandarin Duck (pair on main reservoir ), 1 Raven (over North Lake ), 1 Marsh Tit (coming frequently to feeders with coal tit ) [Keith Cutting]
Eastling
2 Treecreeper, 1 Mistle Thrush, 22 Redwing, 3 Meadow Pipit, 4 Brambling, 4 Bullfinch, 38 Greenfinch, 1 Lesser Redpoll [John Young]
South Swale LNR
2 Red-legged Partridge, 9 Red-throated Diver, 1 Common Buzzard [Mike Gould]
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