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Weather and Tides

National tidal and sea level facility

Met office

XC Weather

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Other Kent wildlife organisations

Kent Wildlife Trust 

Kent Field Club 


Other bird societies in the south east

Surrey Bird Club

Sussex Ornithological Society 

Essex Bird Watching Society

Ashford Birdwatchers Club


National Bird Societies

RSPB

BTO

British Ornithological Union


Birding abroad

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Surfbirds trip reports 

Western Palearctic rare birds

African Bird Club 

Oriental Bird Club

Neotropical Bird Club

Ornithological Society of the Middle East


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Herring Gulls: Tony Morris

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Featured photo

Whooper Swan, Sevenoaks Wildlife Centre, 21st Jan, by Clifford Seabrook.

Journals offered

The following are being offered free to any member willing to collect them from Faversham:
IBIS journal (unbound) from 1984 up to end of 2015.
Bird Study journal (unbound) from 1979 to 1990.
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RSS Bockhill Diary

  • 23rd March 2025 March 23, 2025
    A walk along the clifftop from Kingsdown to Hope Point and back, in a light drizzle, we had 30 Meadow Pipits, 2 Rock Pipits, 50 Siskins, 4 Brambling, a Hawfinch and 5457 Chaffinches flying south.Grounded migrants included a Black Redstart, Blackcap and 2 Chiffchaffs.Phil, Richard, Jack.  
    Jack Chantler

RSS Dungeness Bird Observatory

  • NEW! Water Bottle with carabiner May 18, 2025
     The latest addition to our range. A 400 ml water bottle with a carabiner to attach to your bag or rucksack.£12.50 plusP&P
    Gill Hollamby

RSS South Foreland Valley

RSS Swalecliffe

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