9-10-17 Nuthatch x 1 (calling in the car park area). 8-10-17 (including Webs count) Mute swan x 4, greylag goose x 249, Canada goose x 158, Egyptian goose x 14, grey heron x 5, little egret x 1, little grebe x 2, great-crested grebe x 16 adults and 2 young, moorhen x 21, coot x 92, lapwing x 51, common…
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Reculver
A Lapland bunting was present on the promenade at Bishopstone glen this afternoon around 12.30. Dudley Cox
Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve
18-9-17 Lapwing x 50, green sandpiper x 2, dunlin x 1. 17-9-17 Common snipe x 4, dunlin x 1, common sandpiper x 1, green sandpiper x 1, Egyptian goose x 14, gadwall x 1, wigeon x 1, shoveler x 3, pochard x 4, linnet x 1. 16-9-17 Little grebe x 2, pochard x 3, shoveler x 2, kingfisher x 2,…
Oare Marshes
1030-1300 A short visit with a W/NW strong breeze and HT. From the seawall hide, Common Terns were fishing in the creek; a Marsh Harrier in distinctly untidy dress laboured towards Sheppey; two Great Crested Grebes were off the point and a large dark unusual profile in mid channel turned out to be a juv Gannet. 4 others came into…
Oare Marshes
1000-1130 A brief visit –enjoying with Murray W close views of Long-billed Dowitcher on the E flood . Not as well defined as Jonathan L`s Facebook pics of yesterday; nonetheless even point and shoot through the `scope, produces a recognisable image with the plumage characteristics pronounced. Prominent supercilium; barred flanks; and bold spotting on both vent and under-tail coverts. Q.…
Oare Marshes
September 13 An adult Sabine’s Gull was seen by Arnie Van Orsouw as it flew up the Swale close inshore, passing the sea wall hide then returning east, at 11.20 am. This is the first here since 2014. Whilst on the subject of gulls, the Bonaparte’s Gull appears not to have been seen since 6th? Geoff Burton
Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve
12-9-17 Common buzzard x 3 (soaring high in the sky over the East Lake and calling). 10-9-17 Includes Webs count Mute swan x 4, greylag goose x 335, Canada goose x 233, Egyptian goose x 2, grey heron x 3, little egret x 2, cormorant x 10, lapwing x 65, green sandpiper x 2, kingfisher x 2, moorhen x 19,…
Oare Marshes
12 deg C initially; SW gale and pulses of rain but did brighten somewhat later! From E flood hide I counted c 550 Golden Plover and c 95 Avocets The Long –billed Dowitcherwas near the road feeding amongst a Lapwing flock , but was spooked by the Peregrine and lost amongst the host of Black-tailed Godwits. 12 Ruff/ Reeves were…
Oare Marshes
An ambulance was on call at one of the houses along the approach to the reserve so we parked up and watched the mixed Yellow and Pied Wagtail gathering in the fields while we waited; a Wheatear and a Lesser Whitethroat were in the same area. Once on the reserve, the first unexpected encounter involved a juvenile Cuckoo feeding on…
Oare Marshes
September 6 06:25-13:35 – cloudy with a moderate westerly wind. Murray was there when I arrived and we spent a pleasant morning teasing out all the species we could find. These included the adult Long-billed Dowitcher on the east flood and the Bonaparte’s Gull on the mudflat east of the causeway. The juvenile Cuckoo was seen in the hedge to…