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This page shows records submitted for birds seen between 22 Aug 2026 and 30 Aug 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 30 August 2026
Ranscombe Farm (Cuxton) (14:10 to 14:20) Dry, sunny [Amy Brice] Map
1 White Stork
Brasted Chart (Westerham) (13:00 to 14:00) Dry and cloudy [David Rumsey] Map
3 Northern Wheatear (Brasted Chart cricket pitch, all juvenile or female)
Garrington (near Littlebourne) (10:15 to 10:45) [R J Douthwaite] Map
1 Hobby, 2 Grey Wagtail
Oare Marshes (07:20 to 10:30) Sunny with moderate SW'ly breeze. HT 14.15 [Damon Smith] Map
60 Lapwing (single group on Swale mudflats), 1 Mediterranean Gull (on mudflats just E of Slipway), 11 Cattle Egret (W side), 3 Grey Heron (with Little Egrets), 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 6 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler (DD), 1 Chiffchaff (UC), 2 Blackcap (UC), 1 Lesser Whitethroat (in scrub near E hide), 4 Whitethroat (UC)
ARC Pits (Dungeness) [Keith Privett] Map
4 Pintail, 1 Ringed Plover, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Little Gull, 1 Marsh Harrier, 150 Sand Martin
Dungeness Bird Observatory [Keith Privett] Map
1 Common Scoter, 3 Arctic Skua, 1 Razorbill, 200 Sandwich Tern, 100 Common Tern, 2 Sooty Shearwater, 11 Mediterranean Shearwater, 75 Gannet, 35 Swallow
Dungeness RSPB Reserve [Keith Privett] Map
1 Egyptian Goose, 4 Golden Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 20 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank, 3 Greenshank, 1 Turnstone, 1 Knot, 2 Ruff, 1 Little Stint, 1 White-winged Black Tern (Juvenile), 4 Black Tern, 40 Common Tern, 40 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Great White Egret, 3 Cattle Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Merlin, 1 Hobby, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Yellow Wagtail
Galloways (Dungeness) [Keith Privett] Map
16 Meadow Pipit
Penshurst Place (Park Farm area) [John Guiver] Map
4 Common Buzzard, 40 Linnet
Walland Marsh [Keith Privett] Map
18 Canada Goose, 3 Turtle Dove (Juveniles), 4 Stock Dove, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Common Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Swallow, 1 Whitethroat, 6 Yellow Wagtail, 11 Linnet
Saturday 29 August 2026
Penshurst Place (Park Farm area) [John Guiver] Map
1 Barn Owl, 2 Kestrel, 2 Marsh Tit
Friday 28 August 2026
Little Farthingloe (Dover) [Mark Kennett] Map
1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Redstart
Thursday 27 August 2026
Elmley NNR (16:30 to 20:30) Sunny with increasing cloud and shower early evening, warm, S 3 breeze. [Murray Orchard] Map
26 Shoveler (amongst Mallard on fleet near KH farm), 500 Mallard (in fleet near KH farm), 20 Common Teal (on fleet near KH farm), 67 Golden Plover (on Swale mud, from viewing screen), 180 Lapwing, 4 Cattle Egret (with cattle herd N of Kingshill Farm), 1 Kestrel, 60 Swallow (gathering/feeding near car park), 1500 Starling (on grazing marshes, then roosting at Brickfields)
Cliffe Pools RSPB Reserve (14:00 to 15:00) 8/8 cloud with a shower followed by 4/8 cloud and sunshine, warm/humid with S 2/3 breeze. High tide about 13.00 [Murray Orchard] Map
49 Shelduck, 1500+ Avocet (FP roost flushed by Marsh Harrier before count completed, probably 1,800/2,000), 2 Oystercatcher (FP), 2 Grey Plover (FP), 75 Ringed Plover (65 on FP, 10 on RP), 3 Curlew (more present at FP roost but departed before being counted), 2 Bar-tailed Godwit (FP), 1435 Black-tailed Godwit (FP roost), 1 Common Sandpiper (RP), 1 Greenshank (heard), 1 Ruff (ad male on SP), 22 Dunlin (FP), 2 Little Stint (juvs on FP), 20 Great Black-backed Gull (FP - one 1CY, rest adults), 1 Kestrel
Stodmarsh (12:00 to 14:30) Hot/sunny/light wind [Bryan East] Map
5 Great White Egret
Wednesday 26 August 2026
River Medway at Cuxton (11:20) [R Vink] Map
1 Osprey
Cliffe Pools (09:30 to 13:50) High tide. Most waders roosting on Flamingo Pool [Stephen Gatley] Map
14 Teal (Cliffe Creek), 1 Little Grebe (On Radar Pool), 26 Great Crested Grebe (On Crystal Pool), c1150 Avocet, 3 Oystercatcher, c45 Grey Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, 3+ Whimbrel (3 at Cliffe Creek and later one over pools), c185 Curlew, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, c740 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper (Radar Pool), 3 Greenshank, 3 Knot, 3 Ruff (Ski/Radar Pool), c20 Dunlin, 1 Sandwich Tern (Flew down Thames), 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Hobby, 3 Jay, 1 Reed Warbler, c80 Swallow, 6+ Whitethroat
Oare Marshes (09:00 to 11:00) Mostly sunny with light E'ly breeze. HT 11.55 [Damon Smith] Map
2 Whimbrel (Flew over W), 4 Black-tailed Godwit (flew E past Slipway), 19 Turnstone (Slipway), 10 Sandwich Tern (around Slipway posts), 1 Common Tern, 7 Cattle Egret (W side), 1 Osprey (caught fish in Swale before flying towards Sheppey), 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler (DD still regularly feeding out in the open), 1 Blackcap (UC), 1 Lesser Whitethroat (UC), 2 Whitethroat (UC)
Tankerton (Whitstable) (08:30 to 09:45) Calm [Russell Brockett] Map
75 Common Scoter (60E,15W), 1 Whimbrel, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Arctic Skua (E), 5 Black Tern (Feeding with Herring Gull flock), 20 Sandwich Tern, 3 Common Tern, 170 Herring Gull, 4 Gannet (W), 1 Whinchat
Dengemarsh Road (Lydd) [Keith Privett] Map
225 Swallow (On wires by chicken sheds), 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Linnet, 2 Corn Bunting
Dungeness RSPB Reserve [Keith Privett] Map
7 Ringed Plover, 15 Lapwing, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 1 Turnstone, 1 Ruff, 3 Dunlin, 2 Little Stint, 1 White-winged Black Tern (Juvenile), 1 Black Tern (Juvenile), 60 Common Tern, 1 Yellow-legged Gull (adult), 20 Great Black-backed Gull, 30 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kestrel, 2 Yellow Wagtail
Galloways (Dungeness) [Keith Privett] Map
30 Sandwich Tern, 1 Kestrel, 3 Willow Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, 2 Whinchat (Juveniles), 9 Stonechat, 2 Wheatear, 1 Meadow Pipit, 4 Linnet
Walland Marsh [Keith Privett] Map
6 Collared Dove, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 300 House Martin, 5 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1 Greenfinch, 23 Linnet, 10 Goldfinch
Tuesday 25 August 2026
Penshurst Place (Park Farm area) [John Guiver] Map
30 Swallow, 120 House Martin, 4 Blackcap (feeding on elderberries), 1 Whinchat, 1 Grey Wagtail
Monday 24 August 2026
Cliffe Pools RSPB Reserve (13:30 to 15:00) [Russell Brockett] Map
12 Avocet, 3 Lapwing, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 5 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 3 Ruff, 1 Little Stint (Juv), 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 70 Linnet (Single flock Allen’s Hill field)
Bekesbourne (10:00 to 10:30) [R J Douthwaite] Map
1 Wheatear
Grain (08:45 to 12:15) ENE 5 ,HT 10.40 [Russell Brockett] Map
30 Shelduck, 1 Common Scoter (down), 8 Common Teal, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Oystercatcher, 18 Ringed Plover (single flock up), 1 Curlew, 2 Arctic Skua, 1 Great Skua (up 10.00 with 2 Arctic Skuas. Presumably same bird back down 11.35), 10 Sandwich Tern, 10 Common Tern, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Gannet (1 sub adult), 7 Cormorant
Oare Marshes (06:30 to 08:45) Mostly sunny with light E'ly breeze. HT 10.20 [Damon Smith] Map
2 Water Rail (DD adult with well grown chick), 83 Ringed Plover (mudflats either side of Slipway), 2 Whimbrel (mudflats near Slipway), 9 Black-tailed Godwit, 33 Dunlin (mudflats), 6 Sandwich Tern (Swale), 6 Cattle Egret (W side & also 7 with cattle by Oare Creek near church), 1 Kingfisher (Slipway), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 1 Cetti's Warbler (DD frequently feeding out in the open)
South Swale LNR (06:05 to 10:15) Sun and cloud with a fresh easterly breeze. [Colin Fisher] Map
1 Avocet, 9 Ringed Plover, 3 Whimbrel, 40 Curlew, 9 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Snipe (flew west), 9 Turnstone, 1 Sandwich Tern, 6 Common Tern, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Hobby (flew south over the Solar Farm), 3 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 3 Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Whitethroat (juveniles), 7 Stonechat, 3 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail (juveniles, on the high tide line), 22 Pied Wagtail (high tide line), 93 Linnet
St Mary's Marsh (Eastern Half) partial cloud, easterly breeze [John Guiver] Map
150 Oystercatcher (+), 18 Curlew, 15 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 3 Hobby, 2 Cetti's Warbler (singing), 2000 Starling (@), 1 Whinchat, 11 Wheatear, 3 Reed Bunting
Sunday 23 August 2026
Murston Pits (15:30 to 17:00) Mostly clear and sunny, warm, NE 3 breeze. Low tide. LT 15.40 [Murray Orchard] Map
90 Little Grebe, 16 Great Crested Grebe (only counted on Oyster Pool), 1015 Black-tailed Godwit (roosting on islands), 3 Spotted Redshank (roosting with Godwits), 2 Greenshank (flew off to Creek), 17 Turnstone (flew off from roost to Swale), 10 Dunlin, 1+ Bearded Tit (heard in reedbed)
Milton Creek (Sittingbourne) (15:00 to 17:15) 3/8 cloud to cloudless, warm, NE 3 breeze. Low tide. LT about 15.40 [Murray Orchard] Map
30 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 60 Redshank, 8 Greenshank
Capel Fleet (East Sheppey) (14:00 to 14:15) Warm and sunny, light NE breeze. Fleet dry near road but still water further out, nice muddy edges but distant! No Spoonbills or GWEs. [Murray Orchard] Map
2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper (probable but distant and strong heat haze), 2 Ruff (juveniles)
Shellness (Sheppey) (11:00 to 13:30) 1-2/8 cloud, warm, NE 2 breeze. Ebbing tide (HT 09.17 @ Sheerness). Count of point roost. High disturbance - post counts! [Murray Orchard] Map
1500+ Oystercatcher, 35 Ringed Plover, 560 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Turnstone, 19 Dunlin, 315 Sandwich Tern, 20 Common Tern, 100 Mediterranean Gull (nearly all moulted adults sitting offshore, a few 2CY and a late juv.)
Grain Power Station (10:10 to 12:27) Sunny, hot snd cloudy [George Kalli] Map
30 Oystercatcher, 15 Curlew, 4 Redshank, 1 Osprey, 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Chiffchaff
Cliffe Pools RSPB Reserve (07:30 to 09:35) [George Kalli] Map
6 Greenshank, 3 Dunlin
Cliffe Pools RSPB Reserve (07:30 to 09:35) Cool, sunny [George Kalli] Map
2 Little Grebe, 10 Great Crested Grebe, 40 Avocet, 5 Oystercatcher, 2 Grey Plover, 15 Ringed Plover, 4 Lapwing, 1 Whimbrel, 3 Curlew, 15 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 60 Redshank, 2 Knot, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Yellow Wagtail
Oare Marshes (05:15 to 10:00) Sunny and calm. A chilly start, but soon warming up - temp. 10-23C. HT circa 09:00. With SC. [Murray Wright] Map
5 Canada Goose (flew W over reserve), 3 Turtle Dove (on wires still), 109 Ringed Plover (+ on mud), 2 Little Ringed Plover (EF), 20 Whimbrel (+, incl. six, three and four W), 1 Common Sandpiper (FC), 2 Greenshank (FC), 28 Turnstone (on slipway), 35 Dunlin (+ on mud), 10 Sandwich Tern (+ on Swale), 2 Arctic Tern (with a small flock of Commons W along the Swale), 25 Common Tern (+ on Swale), 1 Bonaparte's Gull (winter plumage ad. on mud E of slipway first thing still), 2 Gannet (distantly over the mouth of the Swale), 20 Cattle Egret (with W side cattle), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Hen Harrier (superb fresh juv. (female?) showed well on and off during a 3/4hr spell hunting around EF, though hidden from view on ground in vegetation for two long periods), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (carpark bushes), 2 Hobby, 3 Whinchat (between road and EH), 4 Stonechat (+, incl. male with three fresh juvs.), 2 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail
Dungeness Bird Observatory [Keith Privett] Map
1 Water Rail, 1 Green Sandpiper, 150 Sandwich Tern, 1 Skylark, 21 Swallow, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat, 5 Stonechat, 4 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 10 Linnet
Penshurst Place (Park Farm area) [John Guiver] Map
3 Common Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Marsh Tit, 8 Skylark, 8 Swallow, 120 House Martin (@ 30 of these mobbing a Mistle Thrush), 1 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear
Saturday 22 August 2026
ARC Pits/RSPB Reserve (Dungeness) (10:30 to 17:00) Sunny and warm [Keith Cutting] Map
1 Wood Sandpiper (together with 5 Green Sandpipers 2 little Ringed Plovers), 1 Garganey (From Hanson Hide), 2 Little Stint (Also 3 Ruff, 1 Dunlin, 2 Greenshank, 1 Black tailed Godwit), 1 White-winged Black Tern (Juvenile), 2 Black Tern, 5 Great White Egret, 1 Cattle Egret
The Leas, Folkestone (07:50 to 07:55) Clear and calm [Stephen Holding] Map
1 Treecreeper
Oare Marshes (05:00 to 10:30) Sunny with a moderate NW-N breeze picking up. Temp. up to 21C. HT circa 07:30. With RM, SC and YW. [Murray Wright] Map
1 Egyptian Goose (over), 100 Ringed Plover (circa on mud around slipway), 1 Little Ringed Plover (at least still on EF), 2 Common Sandpiper (FC), 1 Greenshank (FC), 1 Knot (roosting FC), 4 Sanderling (three ads. and a juv. flew in and landed on mud along FC with a Knot, a few Dunlin and Redshanks and roosted over high tide - always the scarcest of the 'common' waders here), 27 Dunlin (on mud around slipway), 25 Sandwich Tern (+ on Swale), 68 Common Tern (+, incl. flocks of 11, 27 and 30 W along Swale), 1 Little Gull (1cy bird W along Swale - also had a 1cy do the same y'day a.m.), 1 Sabine's Gull (prolonged views of an adult in non-breeding plumage picked up by SC along the Swale, joining a flock of Common Terns for a while, and alighting on HS twice before flying back E towards Shellness - 09:50-10:05 - probably the first adult I've seen here), 5 Cattle Egret (with cattle on NA), 1 Osprey (+, fishing along the Swale on and off all morning - one caught a fish by HS and flew off N over Sheppey), 4 Yellow Wagtail
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