Kent Ornithological Society 
Zitting Cisticola - Barry Wright
An excellent week of birding in Kent, with one mega and lots of scarcities. The KOS Day at Dungeness on the 17th attracted a good number of birders to the area, one of which found a Zitting Cisticola at Galloways! With one earlier in the year at Foreness and an obliging male in Suffolk in recent weeks, one might get a bit complacent, but this is only the 7th for Kent and the 12th for the UK. The Galloways bird was singing on and off for the remainder of the week. A juvenile White-winged Tern showing well on the lake at Leeds Castle the afternoon of the 18th was another good bird (with further sightings of what looked like a different bird, but did confusingly look like a Black Tern in the area, at Oare on the 19th and 20th). Another good find was a pale Icterine Warbler in the Moat at Dungeness also on the 18th in the afternoon.
White-winged Tern - Barry Wright
Icterine Warbler - Martin Casemore
There were plenty of other highlights this week. A Stone Curlew was at Cliffe on the evening of the 14th and then found roosting with Whimbrels nearby at Higham Marshes the following morning. In other years, Stone curlew has spent several weeks in the Cliffe area, so hopefully it is still hiding somewhere. A Hoopoe made a brief appearance at Sandwich Bay on the 15th, while an intriguing report of a dark-morph Montagu's Harrier came from Bough Beech on the 20th. A Common Quail was signing at Bockhill on the 15th, while a Black-necked Grebe was again at Burrowes, Dungeness. The Bonaparte's Gull continued its stay at Oare.
In terms of sea-watching most days were realtively quiet, but there were a few good records. A Balearic Shearwater flew past Dungeness on the 16th, while a probable Cory's Shearwater flew past North Foreland on the 20th. A juvenile Long-tailed Skua flew past Reculver on the 20th and was later seen at Seasalter. There were also two records of Sooty Shearwater along the north Kent coast and a Roseate Tern past Dungeness.
In terms of waders, the now usuual Little Stints, Curlew Sandpipers and Woodsandpipers were around, with two Spotted Redshanks at Bough Beech worth a mention given the inland location.
There was still a group of 37 White Stork in the county on the 15th at Worth. Although there were perhaps a bit fewer migrant warblers, there were still good numbers of Pied Flycatchers and some Redstarts around.
Conditions the coming week continue to look good for migrants to show up in Kent. Good luck.
Peter Eerdmans
Zitting Cisticola - Barry Wright
(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)