14-4-17 Bullfinch x 2 (calling by visitor centre), willow warbler x1 (singing opposite visitor centre), grey wagtail x 1 (flying over visitor centre and calling), swallows (over the lakes). 13-4-17 Swallow 12-4-17 Reed warbler x 1 (Slingsby Hide), common sandpiper x 1, house martin x 2, swallow x 30, sand martin x 10, little-ringed plover x 7, shelduck…
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Oare Marshes
15:30-16:50 – cloudy with a light SW wind. Two Sandwich Terns flew west up the Swale and two Common Terns were on the east flood. It was high tide and, in addition to the Black-tailed Godwits which included the pale individual first seen on March 17th, there were 30 Dunlin, 75 Redshanks and an Oystercatcher. A Yellow Wagtail flew west…
Oare Marshes
0730—1000 Initially a glaring sun and an uncomfortable , eye-watering W/NW breeze. 2 Whimbrels shared the saltmarsh with a Curlew, and Mediiterranean Gulls in numbers drited through high, calling. At the copse. A Song Thrush was knocking six-bells out of a `maritime` mollusc which it had garnered seaward side, and then flown to partial cover. A Canada Goose was loudly making…
Oare Marshes
0900—1030 Difference a day makes, with a very cool strong NW breeze. Layers x 3 again! Three Buzzards were jousting and `mewing ` to the rear of W flood, and were joined by a Sparrowhawk. Cetti`s continued to provide excellent views; a Swallow passed through; 15 Pochard favoured ducks in number, just. Sedge Warblers continue to be the only mass…
Oare Marshes
0700—0830 There was an early morning `Camargue` feel this morning, which delivered a Whimbrel to the west in the sheep pastures. Sadly nothing else amongst the assorted stock and only Chiffchaffs and Cetti`s at the copse. Met up with Graeme Backhurst, who subsequently advised of a Common Whitethroat in hedgerows in the Oare locale, plus a flyover Spotted Redshank, calling…
Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve
5-4-17 Lapwing x 22, common snipe x 5, little-ringed plover x 6, redshank x 3, sand martin x 3, blackcap x 13, chiffchaff x 17, willow warbler x 2, nuthatch x 1, mistle thrush x 2, jackdaw x 50, grey wagtail x 2, greenfinch x 1, brambling x 1 male, bullfinch x 1 (calling opposite the visitor centre). 4-4-2017 Garganey…
Oare Marshes
0945-1200 High cloud and a westerly breeze. Up to four Buzzards were thermalling and calling to the East; a Swallow flew W (still only trickling through for this observer) but Mediterranean Gulls continued to move W , high and very vocal. Corn Buntings have been prominently singing at Dan`s Dock, albeit only ones and twos. Sedge Warblers are are back…
Oare Marshes
07:10-11:40 – sunny with a ligh NW breeze. The numbers of Shoveler on the east flood remains high with 77 counted today. Other ducks included three Wigeon that circled over the flood, a pair of Pintail which dropped in mid-morning whilst five Pochard were on the west main dyke. An under-rehearsed Blackcap was singing opposite the cottages and three Sedge…
Oare Marshes
0745—1030 Initially warm from the S; a cooler SW breeze later with showers, a day early! On the E flood 70+ Shoveler were the dominant duck sp with a still sizeable low-tide Black-tailed Godwit flock. A large female Sparrowhawk put the waders to flight and gulls into turmoil including the first-winter Little Gull, which remained on the E flood for…
Oare Marshes
0730—0930 An opposite SW wind-blow to yesterday, with full cloud. The creek was `wellie boot` deep at low water, and areas of foreshore were unusually visible with Faversham Spit buoy high and dry. A Greenshank was working the creek shallows and c 200 Teal sifted the ooze. Black-tailed Godwits continued to flight in to the E flood , and c…