Kent Ornithological Society 
Rose-coloured Starling – Martin Casemore
Another week and another very rare bird in Kent. A Western Orphean Warbler was found on the 11th near Cliffe singing and showing well. It was found during a survey on private land and access for more birders was unfortunately not granted. If accepted this would be the first record for Kent! Another good record was a beautiful adult Rose-coloured Starling that performed well at Dungeness near the Observatory also on the 11th.
The south-westerly winds provided some sea-watching opportunities, with two Balearic Shearwaters past Dungeness the best of the bunch. This however wasn’t a new bird for the Kent year list as we had a very unseasonal sighting in January already. Good numbers of Manx Shearwater (with 27 past Dungeness on the 7th) and Arctic Skua were also seen.
Further highlights were a Roseate Tern that lingered off Foreness Point on the 5th, a Bee-eater at Dungeness on the 11th and 12th, and a Serin there on the 12th, Little Gulls at Dungeness, Oare and Cliffe, a Red-footed Falcon near Tonbridge, Ospreys over Seabrook and Bough Beech, and the pair of Red-Crested Pochard that have been in the Dungeness area since late April showing up with four ducklings!
While June can be quiet, as this week shows it is a time when very rare birds can turn up, but also a time to enjoy the commoner birds raising their young. Good luck.
Peter Eerdmans
Little Gulls – Ray O’Reilly
(Thanks to all the observers who posted their records on the KOS Sightings website, BirdGuides, eBird and/or the main Kent Birding WhatsApp groups, Thursday-to-Thursday. Apologies for any omissions. If anyone has any photos they think may be useful for the weekly, please send to me by Wednesday. All records of rarities are still subject to official confirmation by the relevant rarities committees)