Friday 07 March 2014

Stodmarsh, 17:15 to 18:30
3 Bittern, 1 Glossy Ibis (Roosting with cormorant on the main lake), 20 Marsh Harrier (+, I lost count watching birds come into roost), 1 Hen Harrier (Male), 1 Tawny Owl [Jim Bloor]

Cliffe Pools, 08:00 to 12:00, cloudy, cool light winds
1 Blackcap (singing in quarry), 1 Chiffchaff (in quarry) [Jeremy Hall]

Dartford Marshes, 07:00 to 11:15
1 Curlew, 25 Redshank, 1 Caspian Gull (1st winter in flooded field off Bob Dunn Way), 1 Sand Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Corn Bunting [Kevin Jarvis]

Thursday 06 March 2014

Lower Halstow, 13:30 to 14:20, Dry & sunny; SW wind force 4. Tide in but still rising. Numbers of waders & wildfowl appear to have reduce over recent days.
6 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 30 Wigeon (+), 25 Teal (+), 1 Whimbrel, 25 Redshank (+), 1 Chiffchaff (calling) [Derek Tutt]

Swale NNR, 09:00 to 10:30
2 Pink-footed Goose, 300 White-fronted Goose, 3 Barnacle Goose [Derek Faulkner]

Reculver Marshes, 08:30 to 09:30
1 Rock Pipit (Scandinavian bird) [Chris Hindle]

Dartford Marshes, 07:00 to 10:30
1 Little Egret, 1 Ruff, 16 Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Caspian Gull (1st winter in flooded field off Bob Dunn Way), 2 Cetti's Warbler [Kevin Jarvis]

Wednesday 05 March 2014

Walland Marsh, 16:30 to 17:30
39 White-fronted Goose (Old Cheyne), 1 Great White Egret (Old Cheyne), 2 Barn Owl (Ashentree Bridge) [Barry Chambers]

Oare Marshes, 13:00 to 13:20, Warm and sunny; lowish tide
1 Slavonian Grebe (On Swale below Mockett's) [Keith Witham]

Reculver, 09:30 to 15:00
196 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 1 Little Owl, 1 Rock Pipit (Scandinavian bird), 2 Yellowhammer, 45 Corn Bunting [Chris Hindle]

Elmley (Spitend) - formerly RSPB, 09:15 to 17:10, Bight,V/warm,rising tide.
250 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (+), 30 Pintail (circa), 250 Shoveler (circa), 30 Tufted Duck (+), 6 Little Grebe, 12 Little Egret, 15 Marsh Harrier (circa), 7 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 3 Merlin (Female's.), 3 Peregrine Falcon (1 Male,2 Female.), 300 Avocet (circa), 50 Ringed Plover (+), 50 Grey Plover (circa), 75 Knot (+), 150 Dunlin (+), 500 Curlew (+), 85 Turnstone, 12 Mediterranean Gull, 3 Short-eared Owl, 7 Reed Bunting (Still large numbers of other Wildfowl and Waders on reserve.) [Mike Norman]

Wateringbury, 08:00 to 08:00
1 Snipe, 6 Meadow Pipit (+, High up in a tree so was hoping for tree pipit but photos reveal long rear claw) [Ken Digby]

Dartford Marshes, 07:00 to 11:40
2 Oystercatcher, 8 Lapwing, 1 Curlew, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 12 Skylark, 18 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Corn Bunting [Kevin Jarvis]

Tuesday 04 March 2014

Milton Regis, 15:45 to 17:50
2 Spotted Redshank (Two seen from Eastwood's Wharf, Milton Creek.), 2 Greenshank (Two or three seen from Eastwood's Wharf, Milton Creek.), 1 Grey Wagtail (One heard calling.), 2 Cetti's Warbler (Two or three heard singing from Gransden's reedbed.) [Patrick Worsley]

Bekesbourne, 10:30 to 10:30
2 Woodcock [Robert Douthwaite]

Oare Marshes, 10:05 to 14:30, Bright,sunny,warm,rising tide.
500 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (circa, (On Harty side of Swale.)), 26 Gadwall, 50 Pintail (+), 60 Shoveler (+), 9 Pochard, 30 Tufted Duck (+), 7 Red-breasted Merganser (On Swale.), 3 Little Grebe, 17 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Little Egret, 5 Marsh Harrier, 1 Sparrowhawk, 6 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 2 Water Rail (Heard.), 60 Avocet (circa), 200 Dunlin (circa), 30 Ruff (circa), 5 Snipe, 150 Redshank (+), 25 Turnstone (+), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Bearded Tit, 9 Linnet, 6 Reed Bunting [Mike Norman]

Seasalter, 09:00 to 16:30, fine
400 Wigeon, 31 Pintail (on sea), 16 Shoveler (on sea), 42 Great Crested Grebe, 8000 Knot (circa, am), 1 Hooded Crow (in sheep fields pm) [Mike Gould]

Stoke, 09:00 to 09:00
3 Buzzard, 12 Fieldfare [John Horton]

Swale NNR, 09:00 to 11:30
38 Mute Swan, 310 White-fronted Goose, 300 Greylag Goose, 2 Canada Goose, 3 Barnacle Goose, 60 Shelduck, 130 Wigeon, 70 Gadwall, 500 Teal, 8 Pintail, 100 Shoveler, 28 Pochard, 14 Tufted Duck, 6 Little Grebe, 3 Marsh Harrier, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 130 Coot, 300 Golden Plover, 700 Lapwing, 1 Ruff [Derek Faulkner]

Dartford Marshes, 07:10 to 11:45
1 Little Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Common Sandpiper, 43 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Corn Bunting [Kevin Jarvis]

Monday 03 March 2014

Seasalter, 15:00 to 16:30
2 Green Sandpiper (flew from the plots to S.Swale LNR), 1 Hooded Crow [Mike Gould]

New Hythe, 09:00 to 09:00, Bright,but cool
1 Bittern (Abbey Mead lake,NE corner.) [Alan Michael Woodcock]

Barming, 08:00 to 08:10, Sunny spells
1 Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Yellowhammer (all seen or heard from St Margaret's churchyard) [Adam Whitehouse]

Kingsgate, 08:00 to 08:05
2 Firecrest [Barry Hunt]

Reculver Marshes, 08:00 to 10:00
273 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 3 Little Egret, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 51 Redshank, 1 Black Redstart, 2 Tree Sparrow, 3 Yellowhammer, 55 Corn Bunting [Chris Hindle]

Oare Marshes, 07:45 to 12:15, Bright early sun;squalls of rain
16 Red-breasted Merganser (3 separate groups), 54 Great Crested Grebe (Swale-westwards), 210 Avocet (Departed to Sheppey as creek flooded), 20 Snipe (West flood) [Mike Roser]

Graveney, 07:25 to 07:30, Bright early sun
26 Grey Heron (Circling roost site) [Mike Roser]

Dartford Marshes, 07:15 to 11:30
2 Rock Pipit, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Corn Bunting [Kevin Jarvis]

Boughton Park, 06:50 to 10:20
4 Greylag Goose (two pairs on reservoir), 2 Gadwall (one pair on lake), 14 Mallard, 1 Pheasant, 1 Little Grebe, 3 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel (Resident pair), 6 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 3 Stock Dove, 15 Wood Pigeon (+), 3 Green Woodpecker (+), 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker (circa), 5 Wren (circa), 4 Dunnock (circa), 6 Robin (+), 6 Blackbird (+), 8 Fieldfare (circa), 6 Song Thrush, 10 Redwing (circa), 5 Mistle Thrush (one nest building.), 4 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Blue Tit (+), 2 Great Tit (+), 2 Nuthatch, 3 Magpie (+), 25 Jackdaw (circa), 10 Rook (+), 5 Carrion Crow, 1 Starling, 5 Chaffinch (+), 1 Goldfinch (+) [Don Taylor]

Sunday 02 March 2014

Cliffe Marshes, 15:30 to 16:00, Overcast with chilly, fresh S wind
2 Raven (often together, probably a pair, on sheep marsh near Cliffe Fleet. One mobbed by/mobbing a Marsh Harrier) [Murray Orchard]

Mereworth Woods, 14:30 to 16:30, Overcast, strong wind
1 Buzzard, 20 Wood Pigeon (+), 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker (2 drumming), 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (drumming E end of Swanton Valley), 2 Blackbird, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 6 Blue Tit, 10 Great Tit, 7 Carrion Crow, 2 Crossbill (Copulating pair!) [Adam Whitehouse]

Cliffe Pools, 13:30 to 17:30, Increasingly cloudy with fresh S wind.Count of RSPB reserve at high tide (13.11)
131 Shelduck (Flamingo Pool), 905 Wigeon (Ski/Hidden Pools), 97 Pintail (BBPs and Ski/Hidden Pools), 910 Shoveler (yet another record count. 720 on BBPs, 190 on Flamingo/Ski/Hidden Pools), 20 Goldeneye (11 on Flamingo Pool, 9 on Radar Pool - total of 5 drakes), 2 Marsh Harrier, 30 Avocet (leaving roost as I arrived at 13.30. Not sure why all waders left at HT, perhaps too much raptor disturbance (Marsh Harrier)?), 3000 Dunlin (estimate of flock attempting to roost on pool islands, very flighty and left by 14.00), 500 Black-tailed Godwit (estimate of flock attempting to roost on pool islands, very flighty and headed off N at 13.40), 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Kingfisher [Murray Orchard]

Whetsted Gravel Pits, 10:00 to 12:00, SSW-WSW f1-f3 cool mostly overcast 60-95%
40 Mute Swan, 13 Greylag Goose, 3 Pochard, 1 Goldeneye (1m 1f), 3 Mediterranean Gull, 159 Black-headed Gull [Graham Barker]

North Foreland, 09:00 to 09:30
2 Raven [Barry Hunt]

Rede Common, 09:00 to 11:00
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Redwing, 3 Raven [Rob Peters]

Boughton Park, 08:00 to 10:00, Light showers & sunny periods.
2 Gadwall, 14 Mallard, 1 Tufted Duck (drake on lake), 3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel (One male), 5 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 1 Black-headed Gull (Flew NW), 1 Herring Gull (Flew SW.), 1 Stock Dove, 15 Wood Pigeon (+), 1 Collared Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Wren (circa), 4 Dunnock (circa), 8 Robin (circa), 7 Blackbird (circa), 15 Fieldfare (circa), 3 Song Thrush, 20 Redwing (circa), 5 Blue Tit (circa), 2 Great Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Magpie, 20 Jackdaw (circa), 1 Rook, 4 Carrion Crow, 70 Starling (circa, Tight feeding flock.), 5 Chaffinch (circa), 1 Greenfinch (In song.) [Don Taylor]

TQ7062, 08:00 to 08:00, cloud, wind getting stronger
15 Redwing (+, feeding near marsh), 3 Cetti's Warbler (singing ) [Jeremy Hall]

Dartford Marshes, 07:15 to 10:30
1 Little Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher, 25 Redshank, 38 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Rock Pipit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Corn Bunting [Kevin Jarvis]

Harty, 07:00 to 08:00
100 Fieldfare, 40 Redwing [Derek Faulkner]

Stodmarsh, 05:50 to 09:30
124 Greylag Goose, 18 Gadwall, 28 Shoveler, 118 Pochard, 3 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Grebe, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Glossy Ibis (Westbere marshes), 10 Marsh Harrier, 1 Hen Harrier (male), 1 Peregrine Falcon, 4 Water Rail, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 14 Lesser Redpoll, 3 Corn Bunting [Martyn Wilson]