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This page shows records submitted for birds seen between 25 Aug 2026 and 2 Sep 2026. 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.
Wednesday 2 September 2026
Dartford Marshes (10:00 to 13:40) Low tide [Stephen Gatley] Map
5 Canada Goose, 70+ Greylag Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose, 3 Shoveler, 16 Gadwall, 20 Teal, 3 Great Crested Grebe (Adult with 2 young), 10+ Stock Dove, 1 Lapwing, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Redshank, 6 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Little Egret, 2+ Cattle Egret (Adult and at least one juvenile), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 16+ Swallow, 3 House Martin, c5 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Wheatear, c50 Goldfinch
Oare Marshes (10:00 to 11:45) Cloud, short showers. East Flood almost completely dry. With Jim Butler [Eric Brown] Map
2 Ringed Plover, 2 Whimbrel, 5 Curlew, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Redshank, 1 Greenshank (Faversham Creek), 2 Turnstone, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Sand Martin, 30 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Stonechat, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit
Tuesday 1 September 2026
Seaton Gravel Pits (13:00 to 15:00) [Richard Collins] Map
2 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Corn Bunting, 2 Yellowhammer
Strood (06:54 to 06:55) Dry, sunny [Amy Brice] Map
1 Arctic Skua
South Swale LNR (06:10 to 11:00) Sunny and warm with a light westerly breeze. [Colin Fisher] Map
2 Brent Goose (mudflats), 10 Ringed Plover (mudflats), 4 Common Sandpiper (Nagden Outflow), 1 Sandwich Tern, 6 Little Egret, 8 Cattle Egret (Cleve Marsh), 1 Grey Heron, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Cleve Marsh), 2 Kestrel, 1 Hobby (Cleve Marsh), 2 Raven, 1 Bearded Tit, 3 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 4 Swallow, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat (Cleve Marsh), 8 Whitethroat, 250 Starling, 2 Whinchat (near the seawall at Graveney Marsh), 18 Stonechat, 7 Pied Wagtail (hightide line), 80 Linnet, 200 Goldfinch (on Cleve Marsh), 2 Corn Bunting, 2 Yellowhammer (on Cleve Marsh)
Dungeness Bird Observatory (05:00 to 17:00) Hot, couldn't see too far becoz of heat haze. 102 birds. The highlights. We also had Osprey but I forgot to add it. Typical [Harry Fairlie] Map
5 Garganey (In front of Hanson Hide), 14 Water Rail (Showing well outside of the Screen Hide), 3 Wood Sandpiper (Back end of ARC just below the water tower), 1 Spotted Redshank (Showing well from Dennis Lookout, the picnic bench. I saw from hide but while I was there, I heard some people outside debating whether it was, it was but they disagreed.), 1 White-winged Black Tern (Firth Hide), 12 Black Tern (Showing quite well albeit distant, came quite close sometimes), 10 Great White Egret (An overall count right the way round the reserve and ARC), 3 Hobby (1 on the track before visitor centre and two near the mound.)
Monday 31 August 2026
Ranscombe Farm (Cuxton) (15:50 to 16:00) Dry, sunny [Amy Brice] Map
1 White Stork
Horrid Hill (South Medway) (13:15 to 14:15) Sunny, warm, W 4 breeze. Rising/high tide. [Murray Orchard] Map
4 Common Teal, 22 Great Crested Grebe, 30 Grey Plover (roosting on Nor Marsh), 14 Turnstone (roosting on barge at Sharps Green), 5 Sandwich Tern (feeding off Horrid Hill)
Cliffe Pools RSPB Reserve Sunny with increasing cloud (shower), W 4 breeze. High tide (15.20) [Murray Orchard] Map
137 Shelduck (FP), 1500+ Avocet (roosting on FP), 73 Grey Plover (roosting on FP), 55 Ringed Plover (FP/RP), 3 Whimbrel (FP), 223 Curlew (roosting on FP), 4 Bar-tailed Godwit (FP), 900 Black-tailed Godwit (roosting on FP), 1 Green Sandpiper (heard on RP), 70 Redshank (roosting on Crystal Pools), 7 Greenshank (Crystal Pools), 4 Knot (FP - one red adult), 11 Dunlin (FP), 3 Little Stint (juveniles on RP islands)
Penshurst Place (Park Farm area) [John Guiver] Map
4 Whinchat
Sunday 30 August 2026
Ranscombe Farm (Cuxton) (14:10 to 14:20) Dry, sunny [Amy Brice] Map
1 White Stork
Brasted Chart (Westerham) (13:00 to 14:00) Dry and cloudy [David Rumsey] Map
3 Northern Wheatear (Brasted Chart cricket pitch, all juvenile or female)
Garrington (near Littlebourne) (10:15 to 10:45) [R J Douthwaite] Map
1 Hobby, 2 Grey Wagtail
Oare Marshes (07:20 to 10:30) Sunny with moderate SW'ly breeze. HT 14.15 [Damon Smith] Map
60 Lapwing (single group on Swale mudflats), 1 Mediterranean Gull (on mudflats just E of Slipway), 11 Cattle Egret (W side), 3 Grey Heron (with Little Egrets), 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 6 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler (DD), 1 Chiffchaff (UC), 2 Blackcap (UC), 1 Lesser Whitethroat (in scrub near E hide), 4 Whitethroat (UC)
ARC Pits (Dungeness) [Keith Privett] Map
4 Pintail, 1 Ringed Plover, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Little Gull, 1 Marsh Harrier, 150 Sand Martin
Dungeness Bird Observatory [Keith Privett] Map
1 Common Scoter, 3 Arctic Skua, 1 Razorbill, 200 Sandwich Tern, 100 Common Tern, 2 Sooty Shearwater, 11 Mediterranean Shearwater, 75 Gannet, 35 Swallow
Dungeness RSPB Reserve [Keith Privett] Map
1 Egyptian Goose, 4 Golden Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 20 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank, 3 Greenshank, 1 Turnstone, 1 Knot, 2 Ruff, 1 Little Stint, 1 White-winged Black Tern (Juvenile), 4 Black Tern, 40 Common Tern, 40 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Great White Egret, 3 Cattle Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Merlin, 1 Hobby, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Yellow Wagtail
Galloways (Dungeness) [Keith Privett] Map
16 Meadow Pipit
Penshurst Place (Park Farm area) [John Guiver] Map
4 Common Buzzard, 40 Linnet
Walland Marsh [Keith Privett] Map
18 Canada Goose, 3 Turtle Dove (Juveniles), 4 Stock Dove, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Common Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Swallow, 1 Whitethroat, 6 Yellow Wagtail, 11 Linnet
Saturday 29 August 2026
Penshurst Place (Park Farm area) [John Guiver] Map
1 Barn Owl, 2 Kestrel, 2 Marsh Tit
Friday 28 August 2026
Little Farthingloe (Dover) [Mark Kennett] Map
1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Redstart
Thursday 27 August 2026
Elmley NNR (16:30 to 20:30) Sunny with increasing cloud and shower early evening, warm, S 3 breeze. [Murray Orchard] Map
26 Shoveler (amongst Mallard on fleet near KH farm), 500 Mallard (in fleet near KH farm), 20 Common Teal (on fleet near KH farm), 67 Golden Plover (on Swale mud, from viewing screen), 180 Lapwing, 4 Cattle Egret (with cattle herd N of Kingshill Farm), 1 Kestrel, 60 Swallow (gathering/feeding near car park), 1500 Starling (on grazing marshes, then roosting at Brickfields)
Cliffe Pools RSPB Reserve (14:00 to 15:00) 8/8 cloud with a shower followed by 4/8 cloud and sunshine, warm/humid with S 2/3 breeze. High tide about 13.00 [Murray Orchard] Map
49 Shelduck, 1500+ Avocet (FP roost flushed by Marsh Harrier before count completed, probably 1,800/2,000), 2 Oystercatcher (FP), 2 Grey Plover (FP), 75 Ringed Plover (65 on FP, 10 on RP), 3 Curlew (more present at FP roost but departed before being counted), 2 Bar-tailed Godwit (FP), 1435 Black-tailed Godwit (FP roost), 1 Common Sandpiper (RP), 1 Greenshank (heard), 1 Ruff (ad male on SP), 22 Dunlin (FP), 2 Little Stint (juvs on FP), 20 Great Black-backed Gull (FP - one 1CY, rest adults), 1 Kestrel
Stodmarsh (12:00 to 14:30) Hot/sunny/light wind [Bryan East] Map
5 Great White Egret
Wednesday 26 August 2026
River Medway at Cuxton (11:20) [R Vink] Map
1 Osprey
Cliffe Pools (09:30 to 13:50) High tide. Most waders roosting on Flamingo Pool [Stephen Gatley] Map
14 Teal (Cliffe Creek), 1 Little Grebe (On Radar Pool), 26 Great Crested Grebe (On Crystal Pool), c1150 Avocet, 3 Oystercatcher, c45 Grey Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, 3+ Whimbrel (3 at Cliffe Creek and later one over pools), c185 Curlew, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, c740 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper (Radar Pool), 3 Greenshank, 3 Knot, 3 Ruff (Ski/Radar Pool), c20 Dunlin, 1 Sandwich Tern (Flew down Thames), 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Hobby, 3 Jay, 1 Reed Warbler, c80 Swallow, 6+ Whitethroat
Oare Marshes (09:00 to 11:00) Mostly sunny with light E'ly breeze. HT 11.55 [Damon Smith] Map
2 Whimbrel (Flew over W), 4 Black-tailed Godwit (flew E past Slipway), 19 Turnstone (Slipway), 10 Sandwich Tern (around Slipway posts), 1 Common Tern, 7 Cattle Egret (W side), 1 Osprey (caught fish in Swale before flying towards Sheppey), 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler (DD still regularly feeding out in the open), 1 Blackcap (UC), 1 Lesser Whitethroat (UC), 2 Whitethroat (UC)
Tankerton (Whitstable) (08:30 to 09:45) Calm [Russell Brockett] Map
75 Common Scoter (60E,15W), 1 Whimbrel, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Arctic Skua (E), 5 Black Tern (Feeding with Herring Gull flock), 20 Sandwich Tern, 3 Common Tern, 170 Herring Gull, 4 Gannet (W), 1 Whinchat
Dengemarsh Road (Lydd) [Keith Privett] Map
225 Swallow (On wires by chicken sheds), 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Linnet, 2 Corn Bunting
Dungeness RSPB Reserve [Keith Privett] Map
7 Ringed Plover, 15 Lapwing, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 1 Turnstone, 1 Ruff, 3 Dunlin, 2 Little Stint, 1 White-winged Black Tern (Juvenile), 1 Black Tern (Juvenile), 60 Common Tern, 1 Yellow-legged Gull (adult), 20 Great Black-backed Gull, 30 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kestrel, 2 Yellow Wagtail
Galloways (Dungeness) [Keith Privett] Map
30 Sandwich Tern, 1 Kestrel, 3 Willow Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, 2 Whinchat (Juveniles), 9 Stonechat, 2 Wheatear, 1 Meadow Pipit, 4 Linnet
Walland Marsh [Keith Privett] Map
6 Collared Dove, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 300 House Martin, 5 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1 Greenfinch, 23 Linnet, 10 Goldfinch
Tuesday 25 August 2026
Penshurst Place (Park Farm area) [John Guiver] Map
30 Swallow, 120 House Martin, 4 Blackcap (feeding on elderberries), 1 Whinchat, 1 Grey Wagtail
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