Greenish Warbler - Terry Laws

The warm weather and calm easterly winds brought many scarce birds to Kent. The best was a Greenish Warbler in the Trapping Area at Dungeness on the 24th. It was singing and showing well throughout the day. This is the 27th record for Kent and, surprisingly, only the first since 2016. There was a very nice support cast throughout the week. One of the highlights was a mini-influx of Golden Orioles, with 7 heard/seen in total across the county, including two singing males together at North Foreland. There were also several Bee-eaters, with two a few hours at Dungeness on the 24th the most accessible, but others included a group of 12 over St Mary's Bay on the 26th, four over Worth Marshes on the 23rd and a single at Bockhill. A female Montague's Harrier spent an afternoon at Dungeness on the 27th.

In general it paid to look skywards as several other good birds were only seen flying over: a nice immature male Montague's Harrier over Blean Woods on the 25th, a Hoopoe over Tenderden on the 26th, a Red-rumped Swallow over Langdon Hole on the 25th and a female Red-footed Falcon out to sea at North Foreland on the 27th.

Montague's Harrier - Mark Chidwick

Further highlights included a Temminck's Stint at Worth Marshes on the 26th, with a Curlew Sandpiuper there on the 23rd and a Wood Sandpiper  at Bough Beech on the 27th. Close to 10 Honey Buzzards came in at coastal locations (in partciular the Dover area and Dungeness), a couple of White Storks were in the Dungeness area and the Savi's Warbler and Purple Heron were still reported on some days at Stodmarsh. The Serin was seen again in the Chaffinch flock at North Foreland on the 23rd. Common Quails were heard singing at Bockhill, Worth Marsh and Fan Bay. The Common Crane was still seen at Seasalter on the 22nd.

Bee-eater - Martin Casemore

There was nothing noteworthy from the few hours spent sea-watching this week.

Late May and with a slight change in the weather in the coming week, anything could show up. Good luck.

Peter Eerdmans

Red-rumped Swallow - Jamie Partridge

(Thanks to all the observers who posted their records on the KOS Sightings website, BirdGuides, eBird and/or the main Kent Birding WhatsApp groups, Thursday-to-Thursday. Apologies for any omissions. If anyone has any photos they think may be useful for the weekly, please send to me by Wednesday. All records of rarities are still subject to official confirmation by the relevant rarities committees)