February 2017 5-2-17 Bullfinch x 4 in goat enclosure, redwing x 18, mistle thrush x 1, common snipe x 5. 4-2-17 Little grebe x 9, little egret x 6, shoveler x 15, wigeon x 7, pochard x 22, common snipe x 21, common buzzard x 2, sparrowhawk x 2, rose-ringed parakeet x 4, great-spotted woodpecker x 3, siskin x…
Category: Uncategorised
Oare Marshes
Seduced by the official forecast of `brightening later` I unwisely walked W to FSB in descending gloom and rain. Save for the circa 1500 Wigeon flighting W off Mocketts and a bedraggled Buzzard plus five Great Crested Grebes, there was not too much to lift the spirits. Green Woodpecker and a `charm` of Goldfinches were coloured forms against a predominately drab grey backcloth at Uplees, where a Fox paused to…
Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve
15-1-17 (including Webs count) Mute swan x 2, Canada goose x 9, greylag goose x 1, Egyptian goose x 1, little grebe x 7, great-crested grebe x 27, little egret x 4, grey heron x 2, cormorant x 29, goldeneye x 1 female, Mandarin duck x 3, shoveler x 7, pochard x 30, gadwall x 22, teal x 52, mallard…
Oare Marshes
January 17 08:15-13:00 – sunny and calm, frosty with the east flood mainly frozen. A single Canada Goose was at the bottom of the slipway. Birds on the open water of the east flood included a pair of Mute Swans still with their five cygnets in tow and a single Little Grebe. The scrub to the east of the cottages…
Bockhill
January 8th Walked around the entire area and saw little of note apart from 4 Stonechats, 2 Goldcrests and at least 16 pairs of Fulmars around the cliffs at Kingsdown. NLJ,JRC. January 7th Only 2 Stonechats on the cliff top today and a Little Owl being ‘mobbed’ at the Gun Emplacement. PJC,JRC.
Bockhill
January 6th This morning Richard and I did an hour and a half seawatching and had 345 Cormorants feeding offshore, 8 Red-throated Divers moving north and 2 Sanderling and a Raven flying south. RNH,JRC.
Bockhill January
January 2nd A walk around the area this morning produced two Sparrowhawks, four Stonechats and up to ten Song Thrushes. NLJ,JRC.
Stonechats at Bockhill
Given the topical nature of Eastern Stonechats we think it instructive to re-post pictures of the two Bockhill birds. The first bird 30/10/2008 – 2/11/2008 seems an obvious maura. Since the details of the Portland bird 24/10/2012 were published it became apparent that our second bird 24/10/2009 – 25/10/2009 showed features of stejnegeri. As it seems likely that BBRC will…
Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve
19-12-16 Tawny owl x 2 (calling). 18-12-16 including Webs count Mute swan x 1, greylag goose x 20, Canada goose x 24, Egyptian goose x 4, little grebe x 8, great-crested grebe x 19, little egret x 12 (at roost), grey heron x 4, Cormorant x 39 x, moorhen x 18, coot x 135, teal x 87, pochard x 22, shoveler x…
Swalecliffe
November 2016 A total of 158 species for the year 159 species by the same time last year The total of 90 species for the month was predictably low given that Andy and Geoff were out of the country for much of the time (the average over the last ten years was 102.1 species). However, thanks go to Ted Lee…