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Friday 7 November 2025
North Foreland (11:45) Very dull and murky [Richard Collins] Map
4 Red-breasted Merganser (All F moving S)
Oare Marshes (10:35 to 12:15) Overcast with moderate SE'ly breeze. HT 12.50 [Damon Smith] Map
5 Little Grebe (single group in FC), 52 Avocet (FC), 42 Black-tailed Godwit (FC), 55 Dunlin (FC), 1 Sandwich Tern (Swale), 7 Spoonbill (Sheppey saltings), 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher (sluice), 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven
Foreness (07:00 to 07:20) [Barry Hunt] Map
1 Dusky Warbler (Sound recorded and photographed)
North Foreland (06:50 to 09:00) Three observers, highlights only [Dr Peter Carr] Map
15 Pintail (13S together, 2 on sea), 2 Eider (North), 2 Velvet Scoter (South), 1 Pallid Swift (Continuing bird hawking over Joss/Kingsgate Bay), 3 Sandwich Tern (South), 2 Little Gull (South.), 11 Red-throated Diver (10S, 1 on sea), 4 Fulmar (Returning local breeding birds), 222 Gannet (6N, 216S), 1 Short-eared Owl (Hunting over field behind sea-watch site), 1 Yellow-browed Warbler (Capt Digby tamarisks (J Carnell only)), 1 Dartford Warbler (Possibly 2. One at sea-watch site, 1 bird in sub-song Joss Bay car park), 2 Grey Wagtail (South), 1 Common Crossbill (In-off)
Thursday 6 November 2025
North Foreland (16:00 to 16:30) [John Carnell] Map
1 Yellow-browed Warbler (In the Tamarisks by Captain Digby pub.)
Oare Marshes (12:45 to 15:45) Starting overcast then becoming sunny. Calm. HT 12.05 [Damon Smith] Map
173 Oystercatcher (on HS), 17 Lapwing (EF), 33 Black-tailed Godwit (mouth of FC), 1 Green Sandpiper (EF), 1 Greenshank (FC), 1 Sandwich Tern (Swale), 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Kingfisher (EF), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel
ARC Pits (Dungeness) (11:30 to 12:00) [Stephen Message] Map
22 Common Crossbill (Briefly at the water tower pines.)
Garrington (near Littlebourne) (11:00) Pleasant after earlier rain [Bob Deab] Map
40+ Cattle Egret
Foreness (07:30 to 09:30) [Barry Hunt] Map
2 Eider, 7 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Pallas's Warbler (In scrub behind pumping station, briefly), 1 Chiffchaff, 700 Starling (W), 7 Brambling (W)
North Foreland (07:00 to 11:00) Three observers, highlights only [Dr Peter Carr] Map
5 Eider (South), 2 Red-breasted Merganser (South), 1 Swift, 1 Pallid Swift (Hawking between Kingsgate and Joss Bay), 3 Sandwich Tern (South), 52 Little Gull (South), 1 Arctic Skua (South.), 1 Great Skua (South), 16 Red-throated Diver (4N, 12S), 59 Gannet (3N, 56S), 1 Short-eared Owl (In-off), 1 Woodlark (In-off), 41 Skylark (In-off), 6 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 1 Dartford Warbler, 3850 Starling (In-off), 1 Brambling (In-off, calling.), 2 Redpoll (In-off), 2 Common Crossbill (In-off)
Seaton Gravel Pits [Richard Collins] Map
46 Cattle Egret (On farm, site record number)
Shellness (Sheppey) High tide [Stephen Gatley] Map
c250 Brent Goose, c200 Wigeon, c55 Teal (c45 flew up the Swale), 3 Common Scoter (Flew up the Swale with a flock of Teal), 4+ Red-breasted Merganser (4 flew up the Swale and later one flew out of the Swale), c40 Grey Plover, 7 Knot, 1 Arctic Tern (Flew up Swale), c15 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Short-eared Owl (Flew in off sea and up the Swale), 2 Raven, c450 Starling (Flew in off sea), 3 Stonechat, 3 Reed Bunting
Swale NNR [Stephen Gatley] Map
7 Greylag Goose, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Snipe, c10 Reed Bunting
Wednesday 5 November 2025
Oare Marshes (12:30 to 14:30) Overcast with moderate S’ly breeze. HT 11.15 [Damon Smith] Map
1 Mediterranean Gull (On mudflats in front of SW hide), 1 Spoonbill (Flew across from Sheppey before feeding briefly in FC), 1 Great White Egret (Saltings at UC)
Seaton Gravel Pits (11:55 to 12:55) [Richard Collins] Map
1 Little Egret, 34 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Peregrine
Dungeness Bird Observatory (09:00 to 11:30) Overcast F5 South ( seawatch from fishing boats) [Alan Wells] Map
2 Brent Goose, 2 Brent Goose, 4 Common Scoter, 4 Common Scoter, 1 Red-breasted Merganser, 1 Red-breasted Merganser, 10 Great Crested Grebe, 10 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Little Gull ((W)), 5 Little Gull ((W)), 37 Kittiwake, 37 Kittiwake, 226 Mediterranean Gull, 226 Mediterranean Gull, 7 Red-throated Diver, 7 Red-throated Diver, 125 Gannet, 125 Gannet, 1 Shag (( feeding with large group of Cormorants)), 1 Shag (( feeding with large group of Cormorants))
Foreness (07:35 to 08:00) [Barry Hunt] Map
1 Pallid Swift (Along clifftop, photographed)
North Foreland (06:40 to 09:00) Three observers, highlights only [Dr Peter Carr] Map
3 Little Gull (South), 34 Gannet (South), 3 Shag, 4 Swallow (South), 115 Starling (In-off)
Tuesday 4 November 2025
Seaton Gravel Pits (15:30 to 15:35) [Richard Collins] Map
1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Egret, 19 Cattle Egret, 1 Raven
Grove Ferry (12:45 to 15:00) Cloud,sun W3-4 [Richard Collins] Map
1 Shelduck, 1 Raven, 10 Redwing, 27 Fieldfare, 2 Water Pipit
Tankerton (Whitstable) (12:00 to 14:35) Cloud, sunny spells, 14C to 16C with Jim Butler [Eric Brown] Map
55 Brent Goose, 1 Common Scoter, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Oystercatcher, 6 Curlew, 18 Turnstone, 10 Common Gull, 1 Guillemot, 1 Black-throated Diver
Hemsted Forest (Benenden) (10:45 to 13:30) [Keith Cutting] Map
40 Common Crossbill (Minimum. Several roving flocks.)
Denge Woods (near Petham) (10:15 to 11:30) Cloud, sunny periods, mild 14C to 16C with Jim Butler [Eric Brown] Map
30 Common Crossbill (Including at least two dazzlingly red individuals)
North Foreland (09:45 to 10:10) [John Carnell] Map
9 Swallow (Lingering at Whiteness), 1 House Martin (With swallows), 1 Black Redstart (On seafront house)
South Swale LNR (07:10 to 11:50) Cloudy with a moderate to strong south westerly wind [Colin Fisher] Map
1050 Brent Goose (Swale), 850 Wigeon (Swale), 155 Teal (Castle Coote), 1 Eider (male on the Swale with the Brent Geese), 70 Oystercatcher (Castle Coote at high tide), 109 Grey Plover (Castle Coote at high tide), 89 Ringed Plover (on the beach at high tide), 34 Bar-tailed Godwit (Castle Coote), 500 Black-tailed Godwit (Castle Coote at high tide), 123 Redshank (salt marsh at Castle Coote), 127 Turnstone, 170 Knot (mudflats), 1000 Dunlin (Castle Coote at high tide), 6 Spoonbill (Sheppey salt marsh), 11 Little Egret (Castle Coote), 1 Marsh Harrier (over Cleve Marsh), 2 Merlin (first winter and a male flew over Cleve Marsh), 1 Peregrine (flew low over Castle Coote at high tide), 4 Bearded Tit, 7 Cetti's Warbler, 2300 Starling (flew west), 20 Meadow Pipit, 150 Chaffinch (flew west), 100 Linnet (Castle Coote), 4 Redpoll (flew N.W.), 1 Corn Bunting
Monday 3 November 2025
Oare Marshes (10:30 to 14:00) Overcast with light showers & brisk SW'ly breeze HT 9.50 [Damon Smith] Map
2 Egyptian Goose (EF), 6 Red-legged Partridge (in field behind cottages), 147 Avocet (mouth of FC), 31 Black-tailed Godwit (mouth of FC), 17 Turnstone (FC), 41 Dunlin (FC), 3 Sandwich Tern, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kestrel, 30 Pied Wagtail (+ in field behind cottages), 2 Rock Pipit
Oare Marshes (08:30 to 14:15) murk; S/SW intermittent pulses heavy rain.--bright periods Obs with DP [Mike Roser] Map
2 Egyptian Goose (East flood then W), 2 Shoveler (East flood), 50 Teal (circa; briefly E flood), 2 Sandwich Tern (Swale), 7 Spoonbill (one crossing Swale to Ham marshes area), 1 Great White Egret (past near seawall hide window E), 2 Marsh Harrier (from seawall hide), 3 Common Buzzard (Mocketts), 1 Cetti's Warbler (E flood), 2 Grey Wagtail (Gunpowder Works)
Sunday 2 November 2025
Bockhill (14:10 to 15:10) Added to BirdTrack. [Richard Jenkinson] Map
1 Caspian Gull (1st winter in the field between the Droveway and the paddock, then flew off, heading towards the bay), 2 Jay, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Firecrest (1-2 at the farm wood), 3 Goldcrest (3+)
Elmley NNR (14:00 to 17:00) Sunny with light cloud, fresh W breeze, decreasing at dusk. Low tide about 15.00 [Murray Orchard] Map
480 Shelduck (roosting flock on mud at Sharfleet Creek), 19 Avocet (Wellmarsh Creek), 60 Golden Plover (Wellmarsh Creek), 27 Marsh Harrier (gathering over Brickfields 16.30-17.00, viewed from Murston. At one point 12 birds crossed Swale to Murston and circled above the reedbed, but flew back to Elmley)
Murston-Conyer (14:00 to 17:00) Sunny with light cloud, fresh W breeze. Low tide about 15.00 [Murray Orchard] Map
2 Slavonian Grebe (on Swale at Elmley Reach), 1 Greenshank, 6 Little Egret, 2+ Cetti's Warbler, 2 Stonechat (pair), 1 Yellowhammer (a female flushed off sea wall)
Murston Pits (13:00 to 17:00) Clearing cloud, sunny, W 4 wind decreasing at dusk. Low tide about 15.00 [Murray Orchard] Map
42 Shoveler (100’s of Wigeon present but not counted), 167 Pintail, 225 Little Grebe, 15000 Starling (huge roost of about 15,000 birds in reedbed 16.30-16.45)
St.Margaret's-at-Cliffe (12:25 to 13:40) Added to BirdTrack. [Richard Jenkinson] Map
2 Coal Tit (churchyard), 3 Chiffchaff, 10 Goldcrest (including 6+ at the churchyard), 1 Grey Wagtail (Chapel Lane duckpond)
Milton Creek (Sittingbourne) (12:15 to 17:00) Earlier rain cleared, sunshine and cloud, cool with W 4 wind. Low tide about 15.00 [Murray Orchard] Map
16 Wigeon, 190 Teal, 5 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Oystercatcher, 8 Curlew, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 40+ Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 3 Greenshank, 1 Dunlin
North Foreland (08:00 to 08:10) [John Carnell] Map
1 Pallas's Warbler (Found behind chalets on clifftop bushes at Joss Bay. Bird flew inland, high over golfcourse (west))
Oare Marshes (06:30 to 10:00) Cloudy with steady rain and a gentle W breeze. Temp. up to 12C. HT circa 09:00. Good to see a few birds returning to the East Flood as it starts to refill after the drought. [Murray Wright] Map
10 Greylag Goose (EF), 2 Egyptian Goose (EF again), 2 Gadwall (pair on EF), 3 Mallard (EF), 53 Teal (EF), 11 Avocet (EF), 2 Ringed Plover (EF), 8 Lapwing (EF), 2 Bar-tailed Godwit (on mud by slipway), 2 Green Sandpiper (EF), 17 Redshank (EF), 10 Greenshank (EF), 4 Dunlin (EF), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier (male), 1 Chiffchaff (calling from car park bushes), 2 Stonechat (pair), 50 Pied Wagtail (circa on EF), 15 Meadow Pipit (EF), 3 Water Pipit (EF), 1 Rock Pipit (EF)
North Foreland [Simon Mount] Map
6 Firecrest (Across 3 locations.)
Saturday 1 November 2025
Foreness (11:05 to 12:05) Bright with breezy . Falling tide. [Keith Cutting] Map
2 Eider (Sat on the sea), 15 Common Scoter (3 west. 12 sat on the sea.), 5 Purple Sandpiper (On rock pools with 10 Oystercatchers, 10 Turnstone and 5 Sanderling.), 2 Red-throated Diver (Still in partial breeding plumage.), 50 Gannet (+)
Northward Hill RSPB Reserve (09:30 to 12:15) Sunny & mild (Sitings by SB) [Iain Black] Map
1 Great White Egret, 20+ Redpoll (Feeding in birch copse)
Riverhead Parkland (08:15 to 08:55) Added to BirdTrack. Small arrival of Thrushes and some overhead movement. [Richard Jenkinson] Map
20 Fieldfare (ca.20 S), 7 Skylark (7 W), 7 Song Thrush, 8 Blackbird, 17 Redpoll (17 NE)
North Foreland (06:40 to 11:00) Five observers, highlights only. [Phil Beraet ] Map
6 Velvet Scoter (South), 18 Common Scoter (South), 3 Sandwich Tern (South), 14 Kittiwake (South), 1 Caspian Gull (South), 933 Great Black-backed Gull (South), 1 Arctic Skua (North), 3 Great Skua (South), 3067 Gannet (South), 1 Woodlark (In off the sea, WSW)
Oare Marshes (06:15 to 10:45) Overnight rain drying up by 07:15 then sunny intervals with a moderate SSW breeze picking up. Temp. up to 14C. HT circa 08:00. With RM, RR and PG. [Murray Wright] Map
2 Egyptian Goose (on EF), 3 Shoveler (drakes on EF), 2 Mallard (pair on EF), 40 Teal (on EF), 1 Green Sandpiper (on EF), 1 Sandwich Tern (on post along slipway), 7 Spoonbill (roosting together on Sheppey saltings E of Ferry Inn), 1 Great White Egret (on Sheppey saltings), 1 Marsh Harrier (male), 1 Kingfisher, 1 Peregrine (on pylon W of cottages), 1 Jay, 4 Goldcrest (+), 4 Stonechat (two pairs around EF), 1 Water Pipit (on EF), 1 Yellowhammer (female calling from top of hawthorn just S of the cottages before flying W - a welcome OMYT and always pretty scarce here)
Foreness [Simon Mount] Map
1 Wheatear
North Foreland [Simon Mount] Map
1 Cetti's Warbler (Singing male. Presume same bird from 10th and 11th October but now now moved 500 yards. Only second record for the area.)
Penshurst Place (Park Farm area) overcast, SW breeze [John Guiver] Map
260 Canada Goose, 300 Greylag Goose, 4 Egyptian Goose, 1 Kingfisher, 440 Jackdaw (W), 60 Rook, 18 Skylark, 2 Stonechat, 60 Meadow Pipit, 25 Linnet
Friday 31 October 2025
Deal (12:10 to 12:11) Cloudy [Simon Kennett] Map
15+ House Martin
Palm Bay (Cliftonville) (06:30 to 09:00) [Barry Hunt] Map
2 Eider (E), 2 Velvet Scoter (E), 2 Arctic Tern (feeding on the tidal pool for an hour), 1 Caspian Gull (1CY E), 9 Red-throated Diver (E), 1 Fulmar (E), 305 Gannet (E), 4 Shag
Brokes Mill Farm [John Guiver] Map
200 Wood Pigeon, 1 Kingfisher, 40 Rook, 25 Redwing, 10 Siskin
Thursday 30 October 2025
Oare Marshes (14:15 to 16:00) Overcast with light S'ly breeze. HT 18.30 [Damon Smith] Map
59 Shelduck (Swale), 9 Teal (EF), 3 Oystercatcher (Swale), 27 Avocet (Swale), 12 Grey Plover (Swale), 9 Curlew (Swale), 2 Bar-tailed Godwit (Swale), 5 Black-tailed Godwit (Swale), 1 Snipe (EF), 2 Green Sandpiper (EF), 20 Dunlin (Swale), 4 Little Egret (Swale), 1 Great White Egret (Swale), 1 Grey Heron (EF), 1 Kingfisher (EF), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Stonechat (EF), 4 Pied Wagtail (EF), 1 Rock Pipit, 30 Linnet (single flock)
Oare Marshes (08:30 to 13:00) early glaring sun; cloud 8/8 later; still and mild. Obs with DP inc 54 seals [Mike Roser] Map
2000 Brent Goose (circa; disturbed off Sth Swale mudflats), 2 Water Rail (East flood), 2 Little Grebe (Fav creek), 90 Golden Plover (circa; Horse Sands as tide ebbed), 1 Whimbrel (mussel bed at Fav creek mouth), 1 Green Sandpiper (East flood), 1 Spoonbill (Horse Sands), 3 Cattle Egret (Sheppey banks with herd), 2 Raven (over w to Sheppey; cronking), 1 Swallow (over Swale), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Stonechat, 3 Water Pipit (East flood)
Foreness [Simon Mount] Map
2 Eider, 7 Purple Sandpiper, 20 Gannet (Feeding to and fro), 4 Shag
Palm Bay (Cliftonville) [Barry Hunt] Map
1 Arctic Tern (East), 9 Sandwich Tern (East), 4 Red-throated Diver (East), 20 Gannet (Offshore), 3 Shag (Offshore)
Penshurst Place (Park Farm area) [John Guiver] Map
260 Wood Pigeon (W), 2 Moorhen, 285 Starling, 4 Mistle Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 100 Meadow Pipit (+), 36 Chaffinch, 20 Goldfinch, 3 Yellowhammer
