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This page shows records submitted for birds seen between 27 Aug 2025 and 4 Sep 2025. Sightings from the most recent 7 days are not available to non-members. Please consider joining the KOS to see more recent records, or if you are a member, login here. Rare and scarce species species are shown in orange and unusual species in blue.
Thursday 4 September 2025
Shepherdswell Road, between Shepherdswell and Eythorne (14:20) Sunny and breezy [Andrew Lipczynski] Map
1 Hobby
Cliffe Pools (10:15 to 15:10) High tide [Stephen Gatley] Map
7 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 3 Pochard, 2 Tufted Duck, 30 Little Grebe, 3+ Great Crested Grebe, 1 Stone-curlew (On Flamingo Pool), 4 Oystercatcher, c65 Avocet, 4 Whimbrel (On Flamingo Pool), 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Greenshank, 8 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (By Flamingo Pool), 1 Hobby, c15 Swallow, 3+ Whitethroat, c20 Greenfinch
Cliftonville (06:05 to 08:15) Light SW [Barry Hunt] Map
1 Common Sandpiper, 139 Common Tern (91 East, 48 West), 389 Sandwich Tern (East), 1 Fulmar (East), 46 Gannet (East), 5 Shag (Offshore), 2 Wheatear
Foreness (06:00 to 09:35) With Kenton Evans and Neil Faulkner [Simon Mount] Map
2 Common Scoter (East), 7 Swift (West), 86 Common Tern (East), 401 Sandwich Tern (East), 2 Fulmar (East plus 4 present), 87 Gannet (East), 1 Shag, 1 Hobby (East), 1 Black Redstart, 1 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear
Wednesday 3 September 2025
Tonbridge (19:15) clearing, following stormy conditions [Dave de Silva] Map
1 Hobby (heading NW)
Minnis Bay (06:30 to 10:30) Seawatch with Matt Hindle in southerly gale [Chris Hindle] Map
5 Swift (in off the sea), 15 Grey Plover (flying W), 7 Whimbrel, 10 Bar-tailed Godwit (flying W), 44 Black Tern (flying W), 7 Arctic Tern (flying W), 2017 Common Tern (flying W), 137 Sandwich Tern (flying W), 2 Arctic Skua, 10 Gannet
Foreness With K Evans and S&T Mount [Barry Hunt] Map
4 Black Tern (Flew W), 1 Arctic Tern (Juvenile flew E), 1111 Sandwich Tern (Flew E), 1 Caspian Gull (1CY flew W), 9 Arctic Skua (Flew E), 66 Gannet (Flew E), 6 Shag (Same as last few days)
Tuesday 2 September 2025
Cliffe Pools RSPB Reserve (08:00 to 09:00) Cloudy and cool (siting by SB) [Iain Black] Map
1 Stone-curlew (NW corner of FP)
South Swale LNR (06:15 to 11:10) Sun and cloud with occasional light shower, wind S. light to moderate. [Colin Fisher] Map
1 Brent Goose (mudflats), 2 Little Grebe (Faversham Creek), 70 Oystercatcher (Castle Coote at high tide), 10 Ringed Plover (entrance to Faversham Creek), 1 Whimbrel, 800 Black-tailed Godwit (mudflats), 7 Common Sandpiper (Nagden outflow), 310 Redshank (Faversham Creek), 26 Little Egret, 1 Hobby, 2 Bearded Tit, 10 Swallow, 10 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Sedge Warbler, 9 Reed Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat (Nagden bend), 4 Whitethroat, 5 Whinchat, 10 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear (Castle Coote), 140 Linnet (flew west)
Seaton Gravel Pits [Richard Collins] Map
66 Pochard (Probable site record number), 1 Grey Wagtail
Monday 1 September 2025
Reculver (14:30 to 15:15) [Chris Hindle] Map
324 Common Tern (in five groups flying W after a squally shower), 1 Shag
Dover Harbour (12:30 to 14:50) Sun, showers, wind 20c with Jim Butler [Eric Brown] Map
3 Dotterel (One adult two juveniles in stubble field approx one mile outside St. Margaret's towards Dover), 11 Chough, 5 Swallow
Foreness With K Evans and S Mount [Barry Hunt] Map
895 Common/Arctic Tern, 7 Black Tern, 545 Common Tern, 7 Arctic Skua, 27 Gannet, 6 Shag
Sunday 31 August 2025
Tonbridge (19:00 to 20:00) [Martin Garwood] Map
2 Barn Owl (adults still bringing food to an active nest beside the river Medway), 1 Whitethroat
Cliffe Pools RSPB Reserve (10:00 to 12:45) Sunny intervals Westerly breeze [Iain Black] Map
5 Ruff (BB1 (Juveniles)), 5 Hobby (BB fields), 20+ House Martin (BB fields), 4 Whinchat (BB fields), 4 Wheatear (BB fields)
Furnace Farm, Lamberhurst (07:45 to 07:47) Sunny [David Lambert] Map
200+ Canada goose, 8 Greylag goose, 7 Egyptian goose
Reculver (07:20 to 09:20) walk from Reculver to Wantsum outflow [Chris Hindle] Map
74 Golden Plover, 21 Ringed Plover, 1 Arctic Skua, 1 Wheatear
Cliftonville (06:00 to 08:00) [Barry Hunt] Map
1 Yellow-legged Gull (1CY), 2 Gannet (East), 6 Shag (4 in from the west and then on sea. 2 singles flew west), 7 Willow Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 4 Wheatear
Oare Marshes (05:30 to 10:30) Sunny intervals with a light SSW breeze. Temp. up to 20C. HT circa 05:30. [Murray Wright] Map
5 Teal (two on EF and three on W side dyke), 3 Turtle Dove (two ads. and a juv. in trees opp. cottages), 25 Avocet (roosting at mouth of FC), 96 Ringed Plover (+ on mud), 1 Bar-tailed Godwit (ad. male on mud), 2 Green Sandpiper (one on W side dyke and one over), 2 Greenshank (FC), 6 Knot (juvs. on mud), 3 Curlew Sandpiper (juvs. on mud E of slipway), 40 Dunlin (on mud), 3 Arctic Tern (W along the Swale), 3 Sandwich Tern (resting on slipway posts), 1 Bonaparte's Gull (winter ad. on mud E of slipway still), 18 Cattle Egret (one with WF cattle and 17 with NA cattle - the largest flock I've seen here so far), 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Hobby (ad. and juv.), 30 Swallow (W), 2 Willow Warbler, 8 Yellow Wagtail
Brokes Mill Farm [John Guiver] Map
3 Marsh Tit, 12 Swallow, 1 Spotted Flycatcher
Penshurst Place (Park Farm area) [John Guiver] Map
6 Egyptian Goose, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 35 Pied Wagtail
Saturday 30 August 2025
Cliftonville (18:15 to 18:19) Strong S wind with drizzle [Barry Hunt] Map
1 Black Tern (West, with 8 Common Tern.)
Oare Marshes (14:15 to 16:15) Sunny spells & showers with brisk SW'ly breeze HT 17.05 [Damon Smith] Map
81 Ringed Plover (11 mudflats & flock of 70 flying E along Swale), 27 Black-tailed Godwit (mudflats), 1 Knot (mudflats), 40 Common Tern (including flock of 35 flying W along Swale), 2 Sandwich Tern (Swale), 1 Bonaparte's Gull (on mudflats just E of slipway), 4 Swallow
Sandwich (08:15 to 09:30) warm and bright [Chris Gillard] Map
2 Water Rail, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit
Westcliffe Farm (St.Margaret's) (06:45 to 07:45) warm [Chris Gillard] Map
3 Dotterel (sppoked by Hobby), 1 Hobby
South Swale LNR (06:25 to 12:05) Sun and cloud with the occasional light shower, wind S.W. light to moderate. [Colin Fisher] Map
25 Ringed Plover, 29 Curlew, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit (mudflats), 850 Black-tailed Godwit (mudflats), 7 Common Sandpiper (Nagden outflow), 410 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank (landed on the mudflats briefly then flew east), 2 Greenshank (Faversham Creek), 480 Black-headed Gull (mudflats), 51 Cormorant (roosting on pylons at Seasalter Levels), 1 Osprey (seen fishing briefly at the entrance to Faversham Creek before being mobbed by the gulls, it then gained height and was lost), 21 Swallow (flew west), 2 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat (Nagden bend), 4 Whitethroat, 5 Whinchat, 10 Stonechat, 1 Yellow Wagtail (Nagden Marsh)
Oare Marshes (05:30 to 10:30) Sunny with a freshening SW breeze. Temp. up to 20C. HT circa 05:00. With RM, RR and SC. [Murray Wright] Map
5 Teal (two on EF and three on W side dyke), 1 Eider (eclipse drake still along water's edge W of Spit End Sheppey), 5 Red-legged Partridge (in stubble field SW of cottages again), 5 Turtle Dove (incl. one juv. in and around stubble field SW of cottages), 1 Green Sandpiper (over), 6 Greenshank (one in FC and five on mudd opp. UC), 17 Turnstone (roosting on boat off slipway), 6 Knot (juvs. - two in FC and four on mud E of slipway), 3 Common Tern (along Swale), 1 Sandwich Tern (FC), 1 Bonaparte's Gull (winter ad. on mud E of slipway still), 5 Cattle Egret (one on WF and four with cattle W of UC), 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Barn Owl (W side), 1 Kingfisher (flew from sluice), 2 Hobby (ad. and juv.), 1 Wheatear (on concrete blocks W of UC)
Penshurst Place (Park Farm area) [John Guiver] Map
8 Ring-necked Parakeet, 24 Blue Tit, 37 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Grey Wagtail
Thursday 28 August 2025
Tonbridge (18:30 to 19:30) cool and windy F3-4 SW [Dave de Silva] Map
1 Kestrel, 1+ Whinchat, 2 Wheatear
Cliftonville (18:10 to 18:40) [Barry Hunt] Map
1 Arctic Skua (West), 4 Gannet (West)
Faversham (17:00) [Damon Smith] Map
2 Swift (Flying S over Bysing Wood Rd)
Cliffe Pools RSPB Reserve (15:00 to 18:40) Cloudy, sunshine & showers, SW 3/4. High tide about 16.30 Did not cover Crystal & Kingfisher Pools. [Murray Orchard] Map
53 Shelduck, 23 Shoveler, 60 Mallard, 3 Teal, 23 Little Grebe, 1 Stone-curlew (FP), 12 Oystercatcher, 3330 Avocet (roosting on FP), 94 Grey Plover (roosting on FP, many in bp), 40 Ringed Plover (FP), 1 Little Ringed Plover (juvenile on SP), 20 Lapwing, 1 Whimbrel (FP), 195 Curlew (roosting on FP), 2+ Bar-tailed Godwit (FP), 115 Black-tailed Godwit, 40 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank (juvenile on SP but mobile), 2 Greenshank, 20 Knot (roosting on FP), 5 Ruff (juveniles on BB1), 3 Dunlin, 1 Kestrel
North Foreland (14:45 to 15:15) [Simon Mount] Map
8 Swift, 2 Sand Martin, 65 Swallow, 6 House Martin, 2 Wheatear, 11 Yellow Wagtail, 35 Linnet
Golden Green (near Hadlow) (10:00 to 11:00) [Martin Garwood] Map
1 Kestrel, 2 Skylark, 3 Whinchat (in a ploughed field near Sherenden Farm), 4 Pied Wagtail
Wednesday 27 August 2025
Gravesend (19:00) Sunny breezy [Jeremy David Hall] Map
1 Yellow-legged Gull (Juv/1st winter on thames off gravesend riverside park for second evening)
Cliffe Pools (09:50 to 14:10) Low tide [Stephen Gatley] Map
1 Shoveler, 2 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck, 32+ Little Grebe, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher, 17 Avocet, 1 Little Ringed Plover (Juvenile on Ski Pool), 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Greenshank, 1 Ruff (On Radar Pool), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, c4 Sand Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat, c10 Linnet
Capel Fleet (East Sheppey) (06:30) [Derek Faulkner] Map
18 Great White Egret (All feeding in shallow fleet close to the Harty Road)
Oare Marshes (05:30 to 10:30) Mostly sunny with a light SSW breeze. Temp. up to 22C. LT circa 09:30. With RM and RR. [Murray Wright] Map
3 Teal (on EF), 3 Turtle Dove (ads. together on wires W of cottages), 100 Ringed Plover (circa on mud), 4 Green Sandpiper (in dyke just E of DD), 3 Greenshank (in FC), 4 Knot (juvs. in FC), 15 Sanderling (tight flock on mud along edge of FC near mouth then flew S circa 08:35 - always the scarcest of the 'common' waders here and one I didn't see last year), 35 Dunlin (on mud), 1 Bonaparte's Gull (winter ad. showing well on mud E of slipway still), 2 Cattle Egret (+ with WF cattle still), 1 Barn Owl, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (male), 1 Hobby, 1 Jay, 4 Sand Martin (flew S), 1 Wheatear (near DD)
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