Northward Hill - October

Oct 31: 1 marsh harrier, 2200 rook, 1500 jackdaw.

Oct 29: 50 brent geese S, 1 brambling W.

Oct 27: 7 tree sparrow, 50 chaffinch, 4 black-tailed godwit.

Oct 26: Selected highlights from Medway WeBS count - 67 little egret, 995 wigeon, 460 avocet, 93 ringed plover, 758 grey plover, 34 greenshank, 2059 dunlin, 238 turnstone.

Oct 22: 1 grey wagtail W, 80 fieldfare, redwing (N. Hill).

Oct 21: 900 teal, 100 black-tailed godwit, 1 peregrine, corn bunting, yellowhammer (N. Hill)

Oct 18: 1 ring ouzel, redwing, fieldfare, corn bunting (N. Hill).

Oct 16: 1 ring ouzel, 40 corn bunting (N. Hill).

Oct 15: 2 brambling, 6+ yellowhammer, chiffchaff, goldcrest (Shorne).

Oct 12: 1 r-t hen harrier, 1 grey partridge, 1 kingfisher, 1 swallow, 5 fieldfare, 1 corn bunting (N. Hill).

Oct 10: 5 Bewick's swan W (N. Hill).

Oct 6: 1 swallow, 1 stonechat, 10 corn bunting (N. Hill).

Oct 4: 1 green sandpiper, 1 short-eared owl, 1 marsh harrier, 30 pied wagtail, 3 chiffchaff (N. Hill).