Saturday 25 January 2020
50 Black-headed Gull, 180 Common Gull, 30 Herring Gull [Robert Douthwaite]
50 Pintail (Where have they gone?), 1 Hen Harrier, 1 Rough-legged Buzzard, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 2 Stonechat [Dan Oates]
21 Mute Swan, 170 Greylag Goose, 20 Wigeon, 280 Teal, 320 Shoveler, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 500 Cormorant, 4 Grey Heron, 11 Marsh Harrier, 3 Hen Harrier (ringtails), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 3 Water Rail, 19 Coot, 1 Barn Owl, 2 Tawny Owl, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Meadow Pipit, 14 Water Pipit (in with cows at Collard's), 1 Grey Wagtail (cow corner), 5 Pied Wagtail, 100 Fieldfare, 5 Cetti's Warbler [Martyn Wilson]
Friday 24 January 2020
5 Marsh Harrier (2 heading off SE at dusk), 1 Hen Harrier (ring-tail flew from Chetney to Barksore at 16.35), 2 Buzzard (to roost, but no show for RLB), 1 Barn Owl (hunting along edge of paddocks by road at dusk), 1 Little Owl (calling from horse paddocks at dusk) [Murray Orchard]
80 Pintail (+), 2 Goldeneye (one drake; in Halstow Creek), 2 Great Crested Grebe (Halstow Creek), 1 Slavonian Grebe (in Halstow Creek) [Murray Orchard]
1 Tufted Duck, 4 Cormorant, 2 Shag (perched on buoys in middle basin of Chatham Maritime), 1 Mediterranean Gull (hybrid Med Gull x B/H Gull - similar to winter adult with developing black hood but black primaries with white mirrors cf Com Gull. Perhaps same bird as seen here in previous years.), 1 Mediterranean Gull (adult winter) [Murray Orchard]
25 Siskin (my first this winter in alders along the stream) [Jim Bloor]
2 Egyptian Goose (pair flew E over bay ), 1 Wigeon (several 100 in bay with Shelduck and Shoveler but not counted), 15 Great Crested Grebe (on river), 870 Avocet (arriving to feed on exposed mud close to W and S walls), 23 Ringed Plover (roosting with Grey Plover and Dunlin), 60 Grey Plover (roosting SE corner of bay with several 100 Dunlin), 1200 Black-tailed Godwit (roosting in NW corner of bay), 12 Skylark, 6 Meadow Pipit (Richards Pipit briefly glimpsed landing in grass below sea wall around usual corner, but not seen again. Not looked for on top or seaward side of wall due to presence of roosting waders.), 2 Rock Pipit, 5 Stonechat, 1 Bearded Tit (several heard in Salt Fleet) [Murray Orchard]
2 Tundra Bean Goose (Collard's), 1 Little Egret (Grove Ferry ), 1 Great White Egret (Marsh Hide), 1 Grey Wagtail (Marsh Hide), 1 Penduline Tit (On west side of Lampen Wall, with Long-tailed Tits), 8 Corn Bunting (Collard's ) [Brendan Ryan]
Thursday 23 January 2020
1 Little Owl, 9 Tree Sparrow, 1 Lapland Bunting, 12 Yellowhammer, 57 Corn Bunting (2 flocks one by Green Wall and another by Chamber's Wall.) [Ray O'Reilly]
50 Pintail, 5 Goldeneye, 215 Little Grebe, 24 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Red-necked Grebe (Alpha Pool), 1 Black-necked Grebe (Alpha Pool), 13 Avocet, 1 Greenshank [Barry Chambers]
1 Rough-legged Buzzard (Perched on bush near Chetney Hill), 1 Short-eared Owl [Danny Chesterman]
10 Greylag Goose, 122 Shelduck (+), 10 Wigeon, 120 Gadwall (+), 188 Teal (+), 230 Shoveler (+), 6 Pochard, 53 Tufted Duck (+), 4 Goldeneye (1xm, 3xf), 6 Pheasant, 9 Little Grebe, 21 Great Crested Grebe (2 dancing), 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel (f), 130 Golden Plover, 8 Grey Plover, 345 Lapwing (+), 4 Cetti's Warbler, 13 Reed Bunting [Paul Walker]
67 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Horrid Hill and Copperhouse), 36 Shelduck (Horrid Hill and Copperhouse), 43 Wigeon (As above), 8 Pintail (Copperhouse), 4 Red-breasted Merganser (Copperhouse 3m,1f), 4 Rock Pipit (Horrid Hill) [David Hale]
1 Mediterranean Gull, 8 Pied Wagtail, 4 Fieldfare, 14 Yellowhammer [Robert Carr]
400 Shelduck (plus; along Sheppey saltings margins), 1 Marsh Harrier (W flood), 1 Sparrowhawk (rear W flood), 1 Merlin (hunting along W saltings ), 1 Peregrine Falcon (Nagden pylon), 3 Cetti's Warbler (poss 4--mobile and singing), 1 Raven (commuting along pylons--`cronking`) [Mike Roser]
12 Mute Swan, 4 Egyptian Goose, 1 Shelduck, 1 Wigeon, 20 Gadwall, 3 Shoveler, 22 Pochard, 27 Tufted Duck (+), 2 Great Crested Grebe, 18 Cormorant, 1 Kestrel, 40 Coot (+), 10 Common Gull, 6 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush [Richard H Bailey]
Wednesday 22 January 2020
1 Tawny Owl [James King]
1 Marsh Tit (Wanted to visit our bird table from the Buddleia but alarmed to find an imm. Sparrowhawk sitting on its roof) [Graham Wickenden]
7 Pintail (EF), 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kestrel, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Guillemot (Faversham Creek), 1 Short-eared Owl (seawall side of EF) [Damon Smith]
2 Merlin (female at uplees copse, initially hunting over saltings, and a male near cottages, perched on a roadside bush then flew off towards creek), 1 Whimbrel (on sea wall west of ramp) [Danny Chesterman]
Tuesday 21 January 2020
44 Magpie (daily pre-roost gathering on University campus) [Jim Bloor]
2 Goosander (Male and Female), 1 Barn Owl (from hide perched on fencepost and flying at 1.30pm ), 1 Kingfisher, 1 Marsh Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Yellowhammer, 21 Reed Bunting [Bexley Birdbrains]
200 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (circa), 2 Little Egret, 4 Marsh Harrier (+), 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 120 Avocet, 4 Ringed Plover, 20 Grey Plover, 26 Bar-tailed Godwit, 4 Turnstone, 1 Kingfisher, 5 Meadow Pipit, 2 Stonechat, 1 Raven (+, vocal bird flew to Sheppey and perhaps same bird returned fifteen minutes later), 3 Bullfinch (2m), 3 Corn Bunting [James Massey]
1 Buzzard (Furnace Lane), 30 Fieldfare (At least, orchard and over), 12 Redwing (At least, orchard and over), 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Nuthatch (At least), 1 Brambling (Female in the alders. (In company with other birds but only the one positively identified)), 1 Siskin (Female. All observations from the feeders unless otherwise stated.) [Philip Cliffe]
8 Egyptian Goose, 1 Water Rail, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Coal Tit [Bexley Birdbrains]
2 Mute Swan (on sea), 25 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (circa), 200 Wigeon (circa, flock on sea with teal), 50 Teal (circa), 52 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Cormorant, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kestrel, 97 Ringed Plover (roost), 30 Lapwing (circa), 20 Knot (circa, no wader flocks on mudflats), 500 Dunlin (circa, on roost), 91 Redshank (on roost), 55 Turnstone (roost), 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 42 Skylark (in sheep field opp Sportsman PH), 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Robin, 1 Black Redstart (male), 2 Stonechat, 500 Starling (circa) [Mike Gould]
5 Gadwall (on EF), 1 Hen Harrier (ringtail flew W through reserve circa 08:00), 1 Whimbrel (around slipway again), 1 Barn Owl (around WF), 1 Short-eared Owl (on saltmarsh W of Dan's Dock again at 07:05), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Rock Pipit (together near Sea Wall hide), 4 Stonechat (two pairs), 3 Fieldfare, 25 Bearded Tit (+), 1 Bullfinch (female) [Murray Wright]
Monday 20 January 2020
24 Cormorant (Roosting on pylons), 1 Peregrine Falcon (roosting on pylon), 2 Barn Owl (Graveney Marshes), 2 Cetti's Warbler (Graveney Marshes), 61 Carrion Crow (Flighting to roost from Graveney Marshes) [Bob Gomes]
87 Little Grebe (Alpha Pool), 15 Great Crested Grebe (Alpha Pool), 1 Red-necked Grebe (On west shore of Alpha Pool), 3 Avocet (On Flamingo Pool), 230 Golden Plover [Lee Evans]
3 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Little Owl, 10 Fieldfare, 30 Linnet (Tanyard Farm area) [Martin Garwood]
2 Raven (Pair flew over West Kent Golf Course calling and heading east.) [Russell Brockett]
2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Barn Owl (Showing well by Swigshole Cottage), 20 Skylark, 1 Richard's Pipit (Showing very well just inside of seawall but very wide ranging. Initially seen by isolated manhole on seaward side of bank but then gradually flew back to inner part of bay a mile back!), 17 Meadow Pipit, 2 Stonechat, 75 Rook, 2 Raven, 3 Reed Bunting [Lee Evans]
250 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 240 Wigeon, 300 Teal, 155 Pintail, 15 Grey Plover, 1000 Knot, 8 Curlew, 20 House Sparrow (Around cottages) [Lee Evans]
250 Shelduck, 2 Little Grebe, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Marsh Harrier, 4 Buzzard, 1 Rough-legged Buzzard (Juvenile showing very well perched in isolated bush), 1 Merlin, 87 Avocet [Lee Evans]
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (drumming), 1 Grey Wagtail, 8 Song Thrush (several very vocal), 2 Goldcrest, 12 Long-tailed Tit [Mike Roser]
3 Marsh Harrier, 7 Short-eared Owl [Lee Evans]
592 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 1 Coot (on sea at Coldharbour), 114 Oystercatcher, 84 Ringed Plover, 6 Grey Plover, 16 Dunlin, 1 Little Owl, 2 Lapland Bunting, 6 Yellowhammer, 46 Reed Bunting, 82 Corn Bunting [Chris Hindle]
1 Raven [Chris Hindle]
Sunday 19 January 2020
1 Woodcock [Robert Douthwaite]
3 Red-throated Diver, 1 Black-throated Diver, 59 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Mediterranean Gull [Gavin Coultrip]
1200 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (large flock feeding out on marshes, flew out onto estuary at dusk), 90 Mallard (on fleets, many Shelduck, Pintail and Wigeon flying off Bedlams to fleets towards dusk - probably to feed put down.), 3 Marsh Harrier (+ ; 2 flew high E at dusk, no sign of significant roost on Chetney, just 1-2 birds remaining), 2 Buzzard, 1 Rough-legged Buzzard (spent all time around silos/Chetney Hill though not always in view, often perched low. Eventually flew to roost at 16.45, passing behind the poplars ), 1 Barn Owl (hunting from 16.30), 2 Short-eared Owl (from 15.30, at one point two together ) [Murray Orchard]
215 Shelduck, 245 Pintail, 6 Shoveler, 6 Little Grebe, 70 Avocet, 120 Black-tailed Godwit [Murray Orchard]
1 Kingfisher (West Flood near hide) [Neil Coulson]
51 Pintail, 3 Goldeneye (Halstow Creek, one drake), 2 Great Crested Grebe (Halstow Creek), 1 Hen Harrier (ring-tail flew W across the bay from Barksore and started hunting on Twinney Saltings), 2000 Knot (mostly feeding around Twinney Creek and Millfordhope Saltings), 130 Black-tailed Godwit (along edge of Millfordhope/Greenborough Marshes), 1 Green Woodpecker (heard calling ) [Murray Orchard]
1 Rock Pipit (on saltings at Shoregate (Ham Green)), 1 Mistle Thrush (full song in orchards at Shoregate (Ham Green)) [Murray Orchard]
1 Cormorant, 2 Shag (Chatham Maritime, sitting on pontoons in basin 2) [Murray Orchard]
1 Fulmar, 1 Black Redstart [Robert Douthwaite]
380 Greylag Goose (no sign of W/F Geese), 24 Canada Goose, 1000 Wigeon (+ on Richardson's Marsh and N reservoir with large numbers of Teal), 1500 Lapwing [Murray Orchard]
2 Egyptian Goose, 5 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine Falcon (North of Swigshole.), 1 Barn Owl (Hunting on marsh near Egypt Bay), 41 Skylark (Most numerous at west end of breach.), 1 Richard's Pipit (Still present west of Egypt Bay, at east end of breach, with small flock of meadow pipits.), 7 Stonechat [Robert Knight]
2 Gadwall, 2 Tufted Duck, 8 Snipe, 2 Stonechat, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Chiffchaff [Robert Carr]
9 Red-throated Diver (E), 39 Gannet (E), 120 Cormorant (E), 9 Shag, 3 Great Skua (E), 140 Black-headed Gull (W), 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull (W - adults), 36 Kittiwake (E), 14 Guillemot (E), 1 Razorbill (E), 2 Stonechat [Barry Hunt]
3 Greenfinch (at Blackett's Outfall) [James Massey]
1 Eider (Male.), 1000 Oystercatcher (+), 9 Ringed Plover, 3 Grey Plover, 18 Knot, 27 Sanderling, 1 Purple Sandpiper, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 38 Turnstone [Gavin Coultrip]
1 Sparrowhawk (male), 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Woodcock (flushed in Uplees copse), 2 Barn Owl (Sheppey-side), 2 Short-eared Owl (one over saltmarsh W of Dan's Dock until 07:15; one Sheppey-side hunting over field E of Ferry House Inn with Barn Owls at 09:00), 1 Rock Pipit, 6 Fieldfare [Murray Wright]
132 Mute Swan, 200 Teal, 1 Goosander (redhead), 3 Little Grebe, 1200 Cormorant, 3 Little Egret, 7 Grey Heron, 13 Marsh Harrier, 9 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine Falcon (immature female), 40 Lapwing, 3 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 24 Black-headed Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Barn Owl, 3 Kingfisher, 1 Skylark, 24 Meadow Pipit, 2 Grey Wagtail (both females), 26 Long-tailed Tit, 9 Corn Bunting [Martyn Wilson]
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