1500—1630 Rambur`s Pied Shieldbug back on` stinking Roger`at the car park and an Emperor Dragonfly continuously restless at the sluice. 3 Spotted Redshanks on the E flood with c 120 Avocets. A Common Tern in the creek area; Shelducks with ten ducklings, and a Whimbrel again in the saltmarsh. Mike Roser
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Oare and beyond
1230—1530 Oare`s radar would easily have dealt with the low flying chinook which scattered birds either side of the creek, besides making the Horse Sands` seals very twitchy. So happens todays obs were looking towards Oare, with up to 20 Yellow Wagtails of differing genders, plus juvs, for company; a singing Corn Bunting, and a Painted Lady for good measure.…
Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve
2-7-17 Little egret x 2, lapwing pair and only 1 young visible, little-ringed plover x 7, kingfisher x 1 (calling behind long lake), sand martin x 30, swift x 3, house martin x 2, swallow x 10, reed warbler x 8 (including 2 pairs feeding young), reed bunting x 1. 1-7-17 Little egret x 2, great-crested grebe pair with 2…
Oare Marshes
0830-0945 A brief circuit of the E flood after the rain cleared. Good to catch up with Murray W and Keith P. c 110 Avocets; a Gadwall brood; 2 Spotted Redshanks—one feeding close to the reed cover and one with the roosting Blk T Godwits. Nice to find a Whimbrel on the creek saltmarsh with a Curlew—a large flock of…
Oare Marshes
12:40-13:35 – a brief lunchtime visit. There were three Spotted Redshanks on the east flood and Avocet numbers had increased to 80+. The two broods of Gadwall were still on the flood. Geoff Burton
Oare Marshes
06:40-11:15 – cloudy with a light to moderate NE wind. There were two Spotted Redshanks on the east flood. Two broods of Gadwall, with seven ducklings each, were also on the east flood, seven Teal were present and a Kingfisher, flying across the flood, was the first post-breeding record. A Whimbrel flew west up the Swale, three Turtle Doves were…
Oare Marshes
0815—1100 Warm and with a heat haze, a light NE breeze. 2 Spotted Redshanks were with the Black-tailed Godwits again. 3 Buzzards circled Mocketts; a Cuckoo called briefly and 3 Curlews flew west. It was pleasing to find a singleton Marbled White near Dan`s Dock—irregular at Oare. Yellow Wagtails were later in the locale and Common Seals were inquisitive. Mike…
Oare E flood
1245—-1445 Given the news from Eden Park, it seemed appropriate to find an `all black` Spotted Redshank picking its way through static godwit opposition, and doing its own version of the Haka round the reedy flanks of the East flood. Ahead of some very uncompromising-looking weather, c 150 Swifts gyrated over the flood and beyond, with 2-3 Sand Martins, Swallows and…
Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve
23-6-17 including monthly transect: Common buzzard x 1, common tern x 3 (West Lake), stock dove x 7, woodpigeon x 25, rose-ringed parakeet x 2, kingfisher x 5 (West Lake and behind Slingsby Hide), green woodpecker x 2, great-spotted woodpecker x 1, sand martin x 16, pied wagtail x 1, wren x 47, dunnock x 7, robin x 32, blackbird…
Oare E flood
0830—1100 A slow meander in humid conditions ahead of a brief stormy period of rain squalls and thunder and lightning from the SW. Turtle Doves were `purring`; Cettis, as always, explosive; Spoonbill loaving, interspersed with preening and a minimum of sweeping the shallows. A Peregrine was tucked in close to pylon struts; Avocets guarded two young, camouflaged against a marshy…