7-6-17 Lapwing x 13 Adults and 2 chicks, little ringed plover x 8, Mediterranean gull x 3 (adults).
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Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve
31-5-17 Little ringed plover x 10, shelduck x 2. 30-5-17 Red Kite x 1 (11:55 a.m.), common tern x 1 (sitting on island seen from Tyler Hide seeing off a gull). 28-5-17 Little ringed plover x 12, grey heron x 12, reed warbler x 10, common tern x 1, garden warbler x 6, swifts, house martins and sand martins. 27-5-17…
Oare Marshes
1445—1600 At last; 20 deg plus, with the mistral blowing hot air. Cuckoos were mobile and called from the W side scrub, with a very rufous female prominently in attendance. ( Is Swalecliffe`s bird still on-site? ) Cetti`s were vocal; a Spoonbill swept the E flood shallows; Little Egrets probed the margins and a Greenshank was ever present. 17 Knot…
Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve
15-5-17 Little stint x 1 (seen in front of Tyler Hide at 2p.m.) Susanna Clerici
Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve
14-5-17 (Including Webs count) Mute swan x 3, greylag goose x 44, Canada goose x 69, Egyptian goose x 3 adult + 5 young, grey heron x 5 adults + 3 young, cormorant x 3, moorhen x 15, coot x 42, great-crested grebe x 17 adults + 4 juveniles, kingfisher x 2, lapwing x 14, little ringed plover x 7,…
Oare West
13th May–1200-1430 . Walked westward to Uplees copse; warm with broken cloud and sunny intervals. Blustery conditions still deter insect life, although a Small Copper, bright male Common Blues, Small Heath and a large, high,fast flying, presumed Hairy Dragonfly were on the wing in sunny aspects. 3 Whimbrel and a Curlew moved off the saltings as the tide rose; a…
Oare Marshes
Seen at 1300 hrs actively feeding/wading on east flood – Marsh sandpiper. Looking from east flood hide towards sluice, the bird was in the last small bay before the island where 10 shell ducks were roosting. Bill too long and slim for a woodsand, legs too long and head/breast/underparts ashy grey to whitish. Did anybody else see the bird? John…
Oare Marshes
1330—-1500 With the prevailing cold NE wind, conditions were not ideal for lingering! There had been a significant arrival of Swifts in the locale, and Swallows, Sand Martins and House Martins were also hawking over the E flood in numbers. 24 drake Gadwall were amongst the waterfowl, an adult Great Black-backed Gull looked sadly about to expire; but Lesser Black-…
Oare Marshes
1630-1715. 10 deg and a NE wind. Scanned the E flood from the mobile hide. 3 Great Black-backed Gulls, per photos– 2nd calendar year birds, at different stages of development– were slightly surprising visitors. Unlike the Black-headed Gulls and several duck, they were not concerned by the large overflying raptor. 14 drake and 2 duck Gadwall were present, with several…
Oare Marshes
A cool, misty atmospheric morning. Walked west past the FSB. Pulses of Swallows were already passing westward; 2 pairs of Little Grebes were in the main dyke, and Shoveler; Gadwall and Tufted Duck were paired in various dyke localities. A cock Stonechat was in breeding dress and 2 Wheatears were just west of the copse in very suitable breeding habitat.…