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This page shows records submitted for birds seen between 26 Jan 2026 and 3 Feb 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.
Tuesday 3 February 2026
North Foreland (13:00 to 14:00) [John Carnell] Map
2 Woodcock (Both birds flushed from clifftop), 66 Little Gull (Largest group - 28, moving south close inshore), 1 Yellow-legged Gull (Adult south along clifftop)
Monday 2 February 2026
Furnace Pond (Horsmonden) (15:10 to 16:30) [Stephen Mills] Map
2 Egyptian Goose (a pair), 300 Black-headed Gull, 800+ Starling, 400 Redwing, 350+ Fieldfare, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Brambling (male), 30+ Chaffinch, 80 Linnet, 25+ Goldfinch
Oare Marshes (10:10 to 11:30) Overcast with light SE'ly breeze. HT 12.25 [Damon Smith] Map
2 Mute Swan (EF), 1 Canada Goose (EF), 27 Greylag Goose (EF), 9 Shelduck (EF), 18 Shoveler (EF), 25 Gadwall (EF), 7 Mallard (EF), 19 Pintail (EF), 53 Common Teal (EF), 8 Coot (EF), 162 Avocet (Mouth of FC), 2 Oystercatcher (EF), 30 Lapwing (EF), 17 Curlew (Mouth of FC), 35 Redshank (EF), 1 Knot (by Slipway), 12 Black-headed Gull (EF), 3 Common Gull (EF), 3 Spoonbill (Sheppey saltings), 1 Kestrel, 2 Stonechat
South Swale LNR (07:05 to 12:35) Cloudy with sunny intervals, wind a gentle easterly breeze. [Colin Fisher] Map
10 Mute Swan, 525 Brent Goose, 135 Shelduck, 2 Red-breasted Merganser (pair at the entrance to the Swale), 265 Wigeon, 2 Pintail (pair on the mudflats), 154 Common Teal, 13 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Water Rail (heard at Cleve Marsh), 138 Avocet (at the entrance to Faversham Creek), 83 Ringed Plover (beach), 120 Curlew (Seasalter Levels), 103 Turnstone (beach), 185 Dunlin (beach), 5 Red-throated Diver (at the entrance to the Swale), 1 Merlin (perched on a post at Cleve Marsh), 1 Peregrine (flew south), 6 Cetti's Warbler, 7 Stonechat, 6 Rock Pipit (at Castle Coote inlet), 2 Corn Bunting
Cliftonville [Barry Hunt] Map
9 Little Gull (Single flock, east.), 1 Caspian Gull (1st-winter, east), 1 Shag (On sea)
Walland Marsh Overcast ( observing area of marsh between Ashentree Lane and Coldharbour Lane from Hook Wall) [Alan Wells] Map
36 Bewick's Swan, 15 White-fronted Goose (( Russian W.F. in field with Greylags near Old Cheyne Court)), 4 Tundra Bean Goose, 3 Pink-footed Goose
Sunday 1 February 2026
Stodmarsh/Grove Ferry (14:45 to 17:15) Damp with light rain. Sightings with Bob Knight. [Keith Cutting] Map
3 Hen Harrier (Two males and a R/T into roost. First bird in 3.15pm and last 4.58 pm.), 9 Marsh Harrier (Into roost), 1 Raven (vocal bird flying high along the Stour), 4 Cetti's Warbler (Singing birds plus 30 Fieldfare and 20 Linnets ovrr), 2 Bullfinch (Singing birds)
Cliftonville [Barry Hunt] Map
1 Yellow-legged Gull (2nd-winter), 1 Shag
Foreness [Simon Mount] Map
5 Eider, 29 Purple Sandpiper
Saturday 31 January 2026
Capel Fleet (East Sheppey) (11:00 to 12:00) Overcast but bright still [Richard Beesly ] Map
15+ Mute Swan, 50+ Greylag Goose, 30+ Shelduck, 50+ Wigeon, 100+ Common Teal, 14 Pheasant, 29 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Oystercatcher, 40+ Lapwing, 5 Marsh Harrier, 4 Common Buzzard, 4 Kestrel, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 200+ Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat, 9 Meadow Pipit, 15+ Chaffinch, 30+ Linnet, 6 Reed Bunting, 24 Corn Bunting
Shellness (Sheppey) (07:30 to 09:00) Bright and clear and calm seas [Richard Beesly ] Map
250+ Brent Goose, 100+ Shelduck, 3 Velvet Scoter (Together West past point), 150+ Wigeon, 9 Red-legged Partridge, 19 Great Crested Grebe, 500+ Oystercatcher, 125+ Grey Plover, 8 Ringed Plover, 100+ Curlew, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 60+ Black-tailed Godwit, 70+ Redshank, 75+ Turnstone, 23 Sanderling, 25+ Common Gull, 4 Red-throated Diver, 3 Short-eared Owl (Around hamlet), 12 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit
Furnace Pond (Horsmonden) (07:25 to 09:30) [Stephen Mills] Map
1 canada/greylag hybrid, 5 Canada Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 3 Moorhen, 8 Coot, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel (male), 8 Rook, 1 Skylark, 500+ Starling, 300 Redwing, 380 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat (a pair), 5 Meadow Pipit, 30+ Chaffinch, 25 Linnet, 20 Redpoll
Oare Marshes (06:45 to 11:00) Calm with sunny intervals. Temp. up to 9C. HT circa 11:00. With RM, RR, RS and SC. [Murray Wright] Map
1 Canada Goose (on EF with Greylags), 55 Greylag Goose (on EF), 1 Pochard (darke on EF), 30 Gadwall (on EF), 28 Pintail (on EF), 4 Spoonbill (on Sheppey saltings), 1 Great White Egret (EF), 1 Barn Owl, 5 Marsh Harrier, 2 Peregrine (on pylons), 1 Raven (on pylon then flew N), 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Dartford Warbler (still between EF and sea wall E of car park), 2 Goldcrest, 6 Stonechat, 2 Water Pipit (EF)
Cliftonville [Barry Hunt] Map
1 Great Northern Diver (East), 1 Shag
Harty (Sheppey) Overcast and cloudy but good visibility [Richard Beesly ] Map
250+ Brent Goose, 150+ Shelduck, 100+ Wigeon, 14 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Oystercatcher, 300+ Grey Plover, 500+ Lapwing, 18 Curlew, 100+ Redshank, 3 Spoonbill (On saltmarsh by Harty Ferry), 4 Little Egret, 1 Hen Harrier (Ringtail over Harty Marshes), 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 50+ Redwing, 50+ Fieldfare, 7 Meadow Pipit, 20+ Chaffinch
Penshurst Place (Park Farm area) [John Guiver] Map
5 Egyptian Goose, 40 Lapwing (West along the medway), 4 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Marsh Tit, 22 Skylark, 2 Nuthatch, 12 Song Thrush, 1 Stonechat
Swale NNR Bright and clear and some sunny patches ( lots of Wildfowlers out shooting on saltmarsh ) [Richard Beesly ] Map
500+ Brent Goose, 300+ Greylag Goose, 200+ White-fronted Goose (Large numbers of Russian species on fields near tower hide avoiding the wildfowlers), 100+ Shelduck, 8 Pheasant, 20+ Red-legged Partridge, 1 Oystercatcher, 50+ Lapwing, 50+ Curlew, 6 Redshank, 7 Little Egret, 1 Short-eared Owl (Over saltmarsh hunting), 2 Hen Harrier (2 stunning males together over saltmarsh before heading over Swale), 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Common Buzzard, 6 Skylark, 15 Meadow Pipit, 30+ Linnet, 21 Reed Bunting, 2 Corn Bunting
Friday 30 January 2026
Furnace Pond (Horsmonden) (14:30 to 16:20) [Stephen Mills] Map
1 canada/greylag hybrid, 26 Canada Goose (over north), 1 Barnacle Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Water Rail, 3 Moorhen, 6 Coot, 7 Herring Gull (over east), 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 600 Starling, 450 Redwing, 400 Fieldfare, 30+ Chaffinch, 60 Linnet, 20 Goldfinch
Oare Marshes (10:30 to 10:40) Bright between showers [Rebecca Torry] Map
1 Bittern (Flew up a few yards from the road by the pull in. Flew across to reeds near sea wall and went down)
Cliftonville (08:00 to 09:15) [Barry Hunt] Map
5 Eider, 1 Caspian Gull (2nd-winter, east), 1 Shag (Still)
Thursday 29 January 2026
Furnace Pond (Horsmonden) (15:10 to 16:15) [Stephen Mills] Map
400+ Black-headed Gull (over south east), 5 Common Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull (over north), 2 Stonechat (a pair)
Knockholt (10:30 to 14:00) Overcast [Alan Wells] Map
1 Grey Heron, 9 Red Kite, 12 Common Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (( female)), 1 Kestrel, 14 Raven ((Several pairs performing acrobatics then flying in a loose flock), 8 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 300 Redwing, 250 Fieldfare, 4 Bullfinch
Swale NNR (08:00) [Derek Faulkner] Map
8 Bewick's Swan, 420 White-fronted Goose
North Foreland (07:30 to 09:00) Sea-watch, 2 observers, highlights only [Dr Peter Carr] Map
445 Large alcid sp (6N, 439S), 9 Eider (Single flock South), 1 Little Gull (South), 581 Red-throated Diver (South), 1 Great Northern Diver (South), 1 Black-throated Diver (North), 1 Shag
Brokes Mill Farm [John Guiver] Map
3 Common Buzzard (soaring)
Foreness [Simon Mount] Map
14 Eider (9 East and 5 present)
Wednesday 28 January 2026
Faversham (15:00 to 15:10) [Jeremy David Hall] Map
1 Black Redstart (Same bird been present since late november is probably female as we get closer to the spring and birds nows showing signs of breeding plumage.)
Knockholt (10:30 to 12:30) Lanes walk [Russell Brockett] Map
66 Common Gull (6 in usual field. Flocks of 50 and 10 passing over due SW), 4 Red Kite, 10 Common Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Jay, 3 Goldcrest
Cliffe Pools (09:55 to 15:10) Low tide [Stephen Gatley] Map
c50 Barnacle Goose (On Timber Lake), 24 Pochard, c65 Tufted Duck, c30 Shoveler, c40 Gadwall, c24 Pintail, 11 Little Grebe, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Water Rail (Heard at Timber Lake), c340 Golden Plover (On Flamingo Pool), 1 Snipe (Cliffe Creek), 4+ Greenshank (Up to 5 present), 2 Kestrel, c30 Redwing (Several singing), c15 Fieldfare, 1 Water Pipit (Cliffe Creek), 4 Linnet
North Foreland (07:40 to 10:30) Cloudy with good visibility. Two observers, highlights only. [Phil Beraet ] Map
2230 Auk sp. (South with at least another 400 on the sea.), 1 Egyptian Goose (South), 34 Common Scoter (North), 15 Little Gull (South), 143 Kittiwake (South), 2091 Red-throated Diver (South), 31 Gannet (South), 450 Cormorant (North)
South Swale LNR (07:15 to 12:10) Hazy sunshine with a light southerly air. [Colin Fisher] Map
255 Brent Goose, 33 Greylag Goose, 264 Shelduck, 221 Common Teal, 1 Little Grebe, 126 Avocet, 426 Lapwing, 73 Curlew, 94 Turnstone, 300 Black-headed Gull (flew south at first light), 17 Cormorant, 1 Spoonbill (roosting on Castle Coote), 2 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Merlin (hunting over Cleve Marsh), 11 Magpie, 1 Raven, 1 Bearded Tit, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Mistle Thrush (singing at the solar farm), 1 Fieldfare, 8 Stonechat, 5 Pied Wagtail, 38 Meadow Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit, 10 Reed Bunting
Oare Marshes (06:45 to 10:45) Calm with hazy sunshine. Temp. 3 - 7C. HT circa 07:00. With RM and RR. [Murray Wright] Map
1 Canada Goose (with Greylags on EF), 52 Greylag Goose (on EF), 29 Gadwall (on EF), 23 Pintail (on EF), 3 Great White Egret (on WF first thing), 1 Barn Owl, 5 Marsh Harrier (over EF first thing), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine (on pylon), 1 Dartford Warbler (still present), 1 Mistle Thrush (singing from Nagden Marshes), 2 Redwing
Brokes Mill Farm [John Guiver] Map
2 Egyptian Goose, 4 Mallard, 1 Moorhen, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, 12 Redwing, 7 Siskin
Cliffe (Alpha Pool) [Stephen Gatley] Map
c140 Pochard, c35 Tufted Duck, c25 Shoveler, 8 Gadwall, 3 Little Grebe, 11 Great Crested Grebe, 10 Snipe, 1 Little Egret
Higham Bight Low tide [Stephen Gatley] Map
6 Gadwall, c500 Wigeon, c180 Avocet, 20 Curlew
Tuesday 27 January 2026
Kearsney Abbey Lake (15:50 to 15:55) Dry [Simon Kennett] Map
4 Tufted Duck (2 male,2 female)
Cliftonville (07:45 to 09:40) SE gale, heavy, persistent rain [Barry Hunt] Map
1 Caspian Gull (1st-winter, east), 1 Fulmar (Blue-morph (D), east)
Monday 26 January 2026
Luddenham Marshes (13:00 to 13:05) Cloudy cool. [Jeremy David Hall] Map
1 Great White Egret (In ditch near track to poplar hall farm)
Paddock Wood (12:00 to 12:40) Overcast, mild and windless [Ray Allen] Map
3 Mallard, 20+ Wood Pigeon, 1 Coot, 23 Black-headed Gull, 9 Magpie, 8 Carrion Crow, 21 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Song Thrush, 7 Redwing, 7 Redwing, 3 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 8 House Sparrow, 3 Greenfinch, 14 Goldfinch
Swale NNR (08:30) [Derek Faulkner] Map
410 White-fronted Goose
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