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This page shows records submitted for birds seen between 19 Oct 2025 and 27 Oct 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.
Monday 27 October 2025
Cliftonville (14:15 to 15:15) [Barry Hunt] Map
1 Velvet Scoter (On sea), 1 Red-breasted Merganser (W), 4 Great Crested Grebe (On sea), 1 Arctic Tern (W), 4 Sandwich Tern (W), 1 Red-throated Diver (W), 12 Gannet (W)
Grenham Bay (Thanet) (10:15 to 14:15) WNW 7 Mostly cloudy all due W unless specified [Russell Brockett] Map
12 Brent Goose, 2 Common Scoter, 1 Red-breasted Merganser (E), 1 Great Crested Grebe, 18 Oystercatcher (Present), 3 Curlew (Present), 2 Arctic Tern, 50 Sandwich Tern (2E), 43 Kittiwake, 4 Mediterranean Gull, 19 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Razorbill, 1 Black-throated Diver, 75 Gannet (12E), 51 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret (Present), 1 Rock Pipit
Oare Marshes (08:30 to 13:30) Strong W gusting 40 knots; cloud 6/8; Obs with DP.. HT 1540 [Mike Roser] Map
280 Shelduck (circa; Horse Sands/Swale), 12 Great Crested Grebe (creek locale), 115 Avocet (creek locale), 50 Golden Plover (plus; Horse Sands), 1 Whimbrel (mussel bank ,mouth of Fav creek; usual winter overstay ??), 1 Sandwich Tern (Swale), 5 Spoonbill ( max; various locations round locale), 6 Cattle Egret (Sheppey banks with herd), 2 Marsh Harrier (Sheppey banks)
North Foreland (06:35 to 09:35) WNW F5, sea state 4. Two observers, highlights only [Dr Peter Carr] Map
1 Velvet Scoter (South), 2 Sandwich Tern (North), 1 Arctic Skua (South), 2 Red-throated Diver, 5 Shag, 5 Swallow (South), 2 Redpoll (South)
Cliftonville (06:30 to 08:30) [Barry Hunt] Map
1 Velvet Scoter (On sea), 8 Arctic Tern (W), 2 Sandwich Tern (W), 1 Caspian Gull (First-winter W), 1 Arctic Skua (E), 2 Red-throated Diver (E), 1 Great Northern Diver (W), 63 Gannet (W), 4 Shag (On sea)
North Foreland [Dr Peter Carr] Map
72 Fieldfare (In-off)
Sunday 26 October 2025
Clubb Pits (Grain) (16:00 to 17:00) Overcast, cool, rain beginning. W 3 [Murray Orchard] Map
36 Little Egret (eventually flew to roost at pits after 32 pre-roosted at Rose Court fishing lake)
Cliftonville (15:50 to 15:54) [Barry Hunt] Map
1 Velvet Scoter (On sea.)
Stoke Lagoon (15:00 to 15:45) Overcast, cool/cold, W 4 High tide [Murray Orchard] Map
350 Greylag Goose, 21 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose, 160 Teal, 21 Avocet, 16 Lapwing, 1500 Black-tailed Godwit (estimate of roosting birds flushed by Buzzard before counted), 70 Redshank, 2 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (male flew over lagoon), 1 Common Buzzard (perched up near lagoon and flushed roosting godwits)
Yantlet Creek (Non-tidal) (14:45 to 16:00) Overcast, cool/cold, W 4 [Murray Orchard] Map
3 Green Sandpiper, 5 Little Egret, 1 Cattle Egret (lone bird flew W towards Binney Farm), 2 Grey Heron, 1 Cetti's Warbler
Grain (12:25 to 14:15) Overcast, cool/cold, W 4-5 High tide 15.00 [Murray Orchard] Map
155 Brent Goose (149 offshore, 4 S into Medway and 2 W), 210 Shelduck (offshore), 4 Common Scoter (W), 3 Great Crested Grebe (W), 14 Kittiwake (W), 7 Gannet (adult and 3 imm W and 3 adults N), 1 Sparrowhawk (low over river, initially crossing from Essex but making little progress and appeared to drift back), 1 Merlin (flew W offshore from Sheppey), 1 Jay (calling near car park), 1 Redpoll (heard passing over)
Cliffe (11:30) [Murray Orchard] Map
1 Blackcap (male in sub-song at Allen’s Hill)
Capel Fleet (East Sheppey) (10:00 to 12:00) Sunny with fresh NW wind [Iain Black] Map
7 Whooper Swan (4 adults & 3 juvs on fleet), 100+ Golden Plover, 1 Great White Egret
North Foreland (06:30 to 11:00) [Dr Peter Carr] Map
2 Whooper Swan (Adults, North at 07.00 hrs. Photographed), 2 Arctic Tern (North, along shoreline), 19 Common Crossbill (Single flock, in-off, headed North)
Cliftonville (06:15 to 07:55) with Simon Mount [Barry Hunt] Map
2 Arctic Tern (W), 1 Little Auk (W), 6 Shag (Offshore)
Oare Marshes (06:00 to 10:30) Sunny with a moderate and chilly WNW breeze. Temp, up to 10C. LT circa 08:30. [Murray Wright] Map
1 Green Sandpiper (over WF), 1 Greenshank (FC), 1 Spoonbill (feeding in Swale along edge of HS), 1 Great White Egret (on Sheppey saltings), 6 Cattle Egret (with Sheppey-side cattle below Harty Church), 1 Little Owl (perched on Dog Rose 'branch' hanging over the road when I arrived and then showed well in bushes near disabled parking bay circa 06:10 - nice to see one here again at last!), 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Firecrest (showed well in trees opp. cottages), 6 Goldcrest (+), 1 Fieldfare (on top of Poplars behind cottages), 6 Stonechat (around EF), 2 Water Pipit (showing well on re-filling EF), 1 Rock Pipit (on EF)
North Foreland [Dr Peter Carr] Map
2 Great Skua (South)
Saturday 25 October 2025
Aycliffe (12:10 to 14:00) [Mark Kennett] Map
1 Dartford Warbler
Foreness (09:30 to 11:30) [Simon Mount] Map
1 Eider, 5 Purple Sandpiper, 3 Arctic Tern (Juveniles, West), 3 Red-throated Diver (2 W 1 present), 55 Gannet (E), 6 Shag, 1 Wheatear, 9 Rock Pipit
Gover Hill (08:15 to 10:15) Vis mig session. 7/8 cloud, F1-2W, 12 dec C [Dave de Silva] Map
330 Wood Pigeon (SSW), 15+ Skylark (NW), 5 Redwing, 1 Pied Wagtail (NW), 8 Meadow Pipit, 120+ Chaffinch (Mainly heading low NW), 2 Brambling (NW), 16 Linnet (W), 7+ Redpoll, 11 Goldfinch, 7+ Siskin, 4+ Yellowhammer, 1 Reed Bunting (NW)
Cliftonville (07:30 to 09:30) [Barry Hunt] Map
1 Velvet Scoter (On sea off tidal pool), 1 Little Auk (West), 4 Red-throated Diver, 61 Gannet (West), 2 Shag (On sea)
North Foreland (07:30 to 11:00) [Dr Peter Carr] Map
1 Arctic Skua (South), 168 Gannet (22N, 146S), 1 Marsh Harrier (South)
Oare Marshes (06:30 to 10:45) Sunny intervals and a moderate WNW breeze. Cool - temp. up to 12C. LT circa 09:00. With RM and RR. [Murray Wright] Map
88 Teal (on W side dyke), 2 Water Rail (ads. showing well in DD again), 5 Little Grebe (feeding together in FC), 1 Whimbrel (presumed returning wintering bird at mouth of FC again), 2 Greenshank (in FC), 3 Sandwich Tern (on Swale), 1 Bittern (in flight and dropping into dyke just W of pull-in at 07:02), 1 Cattle Egret (with cattle W of road, also five with cattle Sheppey-side), 1 Sparrowhawk (male), 1 Marsh Harrier (male), 2 Green Woodpecker (male and female on adjacent telephone poles), 2 Jay, 4 Goldcrest (+), 1 Grey Wagtail (in dyke by DD)
Penshurst Place (Park Farm area) [John Guiver] Map
75 Canada Goose, 150 Greylag Goose, 10 Egyptian Goose, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Red Kite, 1 Kingfisher, 600 Jackdaw, 2 Raven, 21 Skylark, 22 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Stonechat, 2 Greenfinch, 15 Linnet, 20 Goldfinch
Friday 24 October 2025
Halstow Marshes (17:00 to 17:45) Cloudy, sunshine, cool, SW 4 [Murray Orchard] Map
2 Great White Egret (flying around over marshes, one eventually settling and one heading off west), 1 Marsh Harrier (male heading through west), 1 Barn Owl (hunting over marshes near sea wall)
Hythe (near Folkestone) (16:00 to 16:15) sunny with breeze [Stuart Dove] Map
1 Kingfisher (along canal nr. RHDR station)
Cliffe Pools RSPB Reserve (15:00 to 16:15) Sunshine and cloud, cool, SW 4 High tide about 15.00 [Murray Orchard] Map
93 Shoveler (SP), 38 Gadwall (SP), 263 Wigeon (SP - feeding around the algae along with good number of other dabblers), 2 Pintail (SP), 21 Grey Plover (FP), 19 Golden Plover (SP), 45 Curlew (FP), 150 Dunlin (FP), 4 Great Black-backed Gull (FP), 1 Peregrine (adult sitting on spit on FP. Odd looking bird with extensive dark hood and rusty wash on breast. Escaped F.p.brookei (Mediterranean race)?)
Seaton Gravel Pits (10:10 to 12:45) Sunny, cold W wind4 [Richard Collins] Map
2 Egyptian Goose, 4 Gadwall, 5 Lapwing, 1 Woodcock, 1 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 8 Long-tailed Tit
Foreness (08:45 to 09:45) [Simon Mount] Map
13 Skylark (SW off sea), 1 Shore Lark, 2 Swallow (West)
North Foreland (07:30 to 11:00) Three observers at various times. Highlights only [Dr Peter Carr] Map
2 Arctic Tern (South), 11 Sandwich Tern (2N, 9S), 1 Red-throated Diver (South), 1 Fulmar (South), 43 Gannet (5n, 38S), 3 Skylark (South), 3 Redpoll (South), 3 Siskin (South)
Thursday 23 October 2025
Margate Harbour (16:00 to 16:30) Strong Westerly Winds (forecasted 50-60mph) [Alex Holt] Map
1 Little Gull
Cliftonville (14:15 to 16:15) [Barry Hunt] Map
3 Arctic Tern (all juvs W), 19 Sandwich Tern (W), 1 Little Gull (W), 4 Kittiwake (W), 1 Pomarine Skua (W), 3 Red-throated Diver, 138 Gannet (W), 2 Shag
Dover Harbour (14:00 to 15:30) [Mark Kennett] Map
1 Sandwich Tern (W), 1 Great Skua (W,Shakespeare beach), 53 Gannet (W), 1 Marsh Harrier (W), 1 Black Redstart
Shellness (Sheppey) (13:30 to 16:30) NW 6/7 HT 13:30 [Russell Brockett] Map
88 Brent Goose, 110 Wigeon, 22 Mallard, 48 Teal, 7 Tufted Duck, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 600 Oystercatcher, 20 Grey Plover, 30 Ringed Plover, 120 Curlew, 8 Redshank, 70 Turnstone, 60 Sanderling, 4 Sandwich Tern, 19 Kittiwake, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 34 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Arctic Skua, 1 Pomarine Skua (Juv), 2 Razorbill, 1 Guillemot, 17 Cormorant, 5 Little Egret, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 9 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 50 Linnet
Foreness (13:15 to 15:30) Strong Westerly Winds (forecasted 50-60mph), intermitant rain [Alex Holt] Map
2 Velvet Scoter (On sea.), 16 Common Scoter, 1 Guillemot, 1 Red-throated Diver, c80 Gannet
North Foreland (07:25 to 16:30) Four observers at various times [Dr Peter Carr] Map
2 Eider, 6 Arctic Tern, 1 Arctic Skua, 145 Gannet (17N, 128S), 4 Shag, 1 Garden Warbler (Unusual record at sea-watch site), 1 Dartford Warbler, 1 Black Redstart
Wednesday 22 October 2025
Foreness (17:00 to 17:15) [John Carnell] Map
2 Dartford Warbler
Seasalter (15:45 to 17:00) bright [Mike Gould] Map
2 Slavonian Grebe (swimming together), 2 Sandwich Tern, 3 Red-throated Diver, 1 Kingfisher
Oare Marshes (12:15 to 15:30) sunny and warm; cloud filling from W with DP [Mike Roser] Map
2 Egyptian Goose (W up Swale), 1 Shoveler (W dyke), 2 Water Rail (Dans Dock), 10 Sandwich Tern (buoys, dinghy and marker poles), 5 Spoonbill (opposite slipway roosting Sheppey foreshore), 1 Great White Egret (with Spoonbills), 3 Marsh Harrier, 1 Red Kite (Mocketts, then over Uplees W), 2 Common Buzzard, 7 Stonechat (W side)
Cliffe Pools (10:00 to 14:10) High tide. Clouded Yellow seen. [Stephen Gatley] Map
c30 Greylag Goose (Flew over), 10 Mute Swan, 1 Garganey (On Ski Pool), 52+ Shoveler, 14 Gadwall, 11 Wigeon, 14 Teal, 5 Tufted Duck, 15 Little Grebe, 3 Great Crested Grebe, c320 Avocet, c20 Grey Plover, c95 Golden Plover (On Radar Pool), 2 Ringed Plover, c170 Curlew, c22 Bar-tailed Godwit (On Flamingo Pool), 1 Black-tailed Godwit, c4 Greenshank, 1 Little Stint (On Radar Pool), 7 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 3+ Redwing
North Foreland (10:00 to 10:05) [John Carnell] Map
1 Dartford Warbler
Oare Marshes (06:30 to 10:45) Sunny intervals with a gentle SW breeze. Temp. up to 14C. LT circa 07:30. With RM and RR. [Murray Wright] Map
2 Snipe (over WF), 1 Green Sandpiper (over WF), 1 Spotted Redshank (in FC by wreck with Redshanks), 2 Greenshank (FC), 25 Turnstone (roosting on boat off slipway), 1 Sandwich Tern (on buoy in Swale), 4 Spoonbill (roosting on HS), 2 Cattle Egret (with WF cattle, also four with cattle Sheppey-side near Harty Church), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (UC), 2 Mistle Thrush (still around cottages), 1 Rock Pipit (FC), 1 Corn Bunting (DD)
Penshurst Place (Park Farm area) sunny [John Guiver] Map
1 Red Kite, 8 Common Buzzard
Tuesday 21 October 2025
Seasalter (14:45 to 17:00) Fine [Mike Gould] Map
1 Scaup, 2 Sandwich Tern, 1 Puffin (flying west)
Tankerton (Whitstable) (14:00 to 15:00) Sun 16C with Jim Butler [Eric Brown] Map
3 Sandwich Tern, 2 Little Gull, 6 Arctic Skua
Long Rock (Swalecliffe) (13:05 to 13:40) Sun 16C with Jim Butler [Eric Brown] Map
3 Sandwich Tern, 3 Red-throated Diver, 1 Little Egret
Grain (12:45 to 14:15) HT 13:20 SW 4 [Russell Brockett] Map
207 Brent Goose, 450 Shelduck, 5 Wigeon, 1 Common Scoter, 100 Oystercatcher, 4 Grey Plover, 45 Ringed Plover, 30 Curlew, 1 Common Tern, 2 Sandwich Tern, 4 Common Gull, 20 Great Black-backed Gull, 6 Cormorant, 5 Little Egret, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 20 Meadow Pipit
Margate Cemetery (11:00 to 12:40) Cloud, sunny spells, slight breeze with Jim Butler [Eric Brown] Map
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler, 1 Firecrest, 6 Goldcrest, 7 Redwing, 1 Red-flanked Bluetail
Margate Cemetery (10:45 to 14:00) Bright and Mild [Keith Cutting] Map
1 Red flanked Bluetail (showing off and on reasonably well albeit mobile.), 6 Jay (and several Ring necked Parakeets.), 1 Firecrest (together with 5 Goldcrests, c10 Long tailed tits and a couple of Chiffchaff.)
Seaton Gravel Pits (10:30 to 11:30) [R J Douthwaite] Map
1 Pochard (male), 4 Ring-necked Parakeet
Riverhead Parkland (08:00 to 08:50) Added to BirdTrack. [Richard Jenkinson] Map
2 Raven, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Firecrest (continuing the arrival locally), 30 Siskin (at least)
Reculver (07:45 to 09:45) walk from Reculver to Wantsum outflow [Chris Hindle] Map
1 Greenshank, 3 Arctic Tern (juveniles feeding by the Towers), 1 Common Tern, 9 Sandwich Tern, 10 Mediterranean Gull, 120 Carrion Crow, 1 Swallow (flying W), 4 Black Redstart (feeding in the sun around the Towers), 61 Meadow Pipit
South Swale LNR (07:25 to 12:40) Sun and cloud with a moderate south westerly wind [Colin Fisher] Map
2160 Brent Goose (on the mudflats, one was a light-bellied Brent Goose), 1870 Wigeon (mudflats), 3 Pintail, 135 Teal (Castle Coote), 34 Grey Plover (Castle Coote), 900 Black-tailed Godwit (mudflats), 195 Redshank (Castle Coote), 1 Spotted Redshank (with the Redshank at Castle Coote), 700 Dunlin (Castle Coote), 20 Little Egret (Castle Coote), 1 Sparrowhawk (a male that flew low along the beach), 5 Marsh Harrier, 1 Merlin (hunting across Cleve Marsh), 134 Carrion Crow (mudflats), 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Stonechat, 4 Rock Pipit (Castle Coote), 60 Chaffinch (flew west), 60 Linnet, 2 Corn Bunting
Oare Marshes (06:45 to 11:00) Mostly sunny with a moderate WSW breeze. Temp. up to 14C. LT circa 07:30. With GJAB. [Murray Wright] Map
71 Teal (18 on EF and 53 on W side dyke), 5 Lapwing (on EF), 5 Bar-tailed Godwit (on mud by slipway), 3 Knot (on mud by slipway), 1 Sandwich Tern (on buoy), 1 Spoonbill (on mud at mouth of FC), 6 Cattle Egret (four with WF cattle and two with cattle by cottages), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Hobby, 2 Jay, 2 Mistle Thrush (around cottages again), 1 Grey Wagtail (on EF), 1 Rock Pipit (on EF)
Youngs Place, West Hougham Clear, sunny [Robert Philpott] Map
18+ Meadow Pipit (8 on telephone line plus many more in bushes around field)
Monday 20 October 2025
Seasalter (14:00 to 16:30) [Mike Gould] Map
1 Slavonian Grebe, 11 Little Gull, 2 Red-throated Diver
Oare Marshes (08:30 to 14:30) murk; S/SW intermittent pulses heavy rain. Obs with DP all from sea-wall hide [Mike Roser] Map
1500 Brent Goose (+South Swale), 200 Wigeon (+South Swale), 10 Great Crested Grebe, 200 Oystercatcher (+on CC), 200 Grey Plover (+on CC), 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 500 Black-tailed Godwit (+ on CC), 1 Greenshank, 1 Common Tern, 8 Sandwich Tern, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Spoonbill (mouth of Fav creek), 7 Cattle Egret (with cattle below Harty Chuuch)
Reculver (08:30 to 10:00) [Chris Hindle] Map
1 Slavonian Grebe (surprisingly associating with a Great B-b Gull), 2 Mediterranean Gull, 9 Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Black Redstart
Sunday 19 October 2025
Murston Pits (13:00 to 14:00) Overcast with light rain, SE 3/4. High tide. [Murray Orchard] Map
1300 Wigeon (plus 100s on the Swale), 45 Pintail, 202 Little Grebe, 1 Oystercatcher, 400+ Redshank (roosting), 14 Spotted Redshank (roosting), 19 Greenshank (roosting), 2 Turnstone, 2 Stonechat
Milton Creek (Sittingbourne) (12:40 to 14:00) Overcast with light rain developing, SE 3/4. High tide [Murray Orchard] Map
17 Teal, 6 Little Egret
Seasalter-South Swale (11:00 to 12:30) Tide rising and near high tide [R J Douthwaite] Map
2000 Brent Goose, 1 Eider (male), 1 Grey Plover, 2 Sandwich Tern
Faversham Creek (10:10 to 13:20) [Alan Fossey] Map
1 Pheasant, 1 Common Sandpiper, 5 Redshank, 1 Ruff, 2 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Grey Wagtail
ARC Pits/RSPB Reserve (Dungeness) (10:00 to 13:00) [Stephen Message] Map
1 Hobby (Juv), 15 Swallow, 2 Firecrest, 3 Fieldfare
Cliffe Pools RSPB Reserve (10:00 to 12:15) Cloudy and cool slight breeze H/T 11:50 [Iain Black] Map
42 Grey Plover (FP), 80+ Golden Plover (RP), 40+ Ringed Plover (FP), 115 Curlew (FP), 1 Greenshank (RP), 300+ Dunlin (FP), 46 Great Black-backed Gull (FP), 4 Goldcrest, 2 Stonechat
King George VI Park (Ramsgate) (09:30 to 11:15) Overcast initially but clearing with sunshine, SE 4 [Murray Orchard] Map
1 Green Woodpecker (heard), 1 Jay (feeding on Holm Oak acorns), 2 Yellow-browed Warbler (seen together near park entrance), 1 Chiffchaff, 2+ Firecrest (near park entrance, also several Goldcrests), 1 Redpoll (flew over)
Ham Road Pits (Faversham) (09:00 to 11:00) [David Renham] Map
8 Wigeon, 20 Teal, 4 Greenshank, 1 Cattle Egret (Ham Marshes), 1 Peregrine, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Firecrest, 1 Black Redstart (Male in building site at entrance to Faversham CP), 9 Stonechat, 2 Grey Wagtail
Penshurst Place (Park Farm area) [John Guiver] Map
42 Red-legged Partridge (? game release), 130 Starling, 5 Fieldfare, 5 Stonechat
Southborough [John Guiver] Map
50 Siskin
