This afternoon 12.09.26 from the Fishing Boats at Dungeness, with Jacob suddenly shouting “Get on this Skua” we were all pleasantly surprised to see this brilliant Juvenile Long-tailed Skua pass west past the boats.

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Lovely morning birding Reculver today, highlights being spotted redshank, black and bar-tailed godwits, 2 raven and a good sprinkling of chiffchaff. 2 hummingbird hawkmoth, 2 clouded yellow and several wall brown. #kentbirding

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Managed to see the Brown Booby off Dungeness this pm
Found by @neilburt.bsky.social had a phone call by @ploddingbirder.bsky.social - it was around for just under 30mins over by the fishing boats - abit of a mad dash from top of the Estate
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Kent birders doubtless won't be short of Wryneck photos in their feeds today, so instead here's Turnstone and Sandwich Tern from Oare slipway this afternoon. Osprey also seen but not photographed. #kentbirding

Juv Long-tailed Skua went very close west past the Fishing Boats at 15:10hrs #kentbirding

Brown Booby now gone south out of sight unfortunately #kentbirding

BROWN BOOBY feeding off the Fishing Boats!! #kentbirding

Dungeness 11.09.2026, from the Fishing Boats, some of the many Sandwich Terns feeding offshore.

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A full on day so far with 6000 House Martin and 3000 Swallow passing through, plus a light scattering of grounded migrants on the land. The Wryneck is still in the gorse clump c200m east of Trapping Area.

Another attempt to catch House Martins saw another 150 ringed. #kentbirding

North Forland 6.20am-9.35am; 2 Gadwall,4 Wigeon, 6Teal all N,1 Whimbrel,6 Barwits N,1 Com Sand, 1 A.Skua S,7 Med,33 Common,81 Sandwich tern,6 Gannets.
Vismig; 5 Grey Heron, 2 Hobby, 1 WW , 3 Chiffs, 1 Whinchats, 2 Wheatears, 4 Grey Wags, 7 Yellow Wagtail, 74 Mippit, 10 Chaffinch. #kentbirding

Pleasant few hours on the Nethergong/Chislet Marshes patch this morning produced 2 Tawny, 2 Little and 1 Barn Owl, 17 Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck, 5 Grey Partridge, 1 Spotted Flycatcher and 1 singing Firecrest. @kentishplover.bsky.social #kentbirding

A day of hirundines, with at least 2000 House Martin and 3700 Swallow through, but numbers of Sand Martins dwindling with just 20 noted. For about an hour or so, the House Martins were low enough to catch and 146 were ringed. #kentbirding

RSPB Dungeness, late this afternoon, from the causeway between Burrowes and New Diggings, the Red-necked Phalarope proved to be closer than from Dennis’s Hide.

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Red Underwing in the trap this morning and Wryneck at Swalecliffe. #kentbirding #teammoth

North Foreland this am 6.15-10.20am; 2 C.Scoter,1 Com Sand, 1 Black, 8 Arctic, 202 Common & 341 Sandwich Terns, 3 Red-t Divers, 8 Gannet, 1 Shag,
Vismig; 1 L.Egret, 12 Sand, 136 House Martins, 271 Swallows, 7 Wheatears, 3 Grey, 5 Yellow & 3 Pied Wags, 29 Meadow Pipits #kentbirding

Our good run of Sabine's Gulls continues with an adult west past the Fishing Boats at 08:50hrs #kentbirding

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Grey Phalarope flew west past the Fishing Boats at 18:50hrs #kentbirding

KOS Weekly Highlights: an excellent week in Kent headlined by a photographed Brown Booby. But there was lots more like Red-necked Phalarope, Glossy Ibis, Golden Oriole and Night-heron, plus other good sea-watching records. See kentos.org.uk for details. #kentbirding

Today is ‘Mistle Thrush Thursday’: Three flew south over Dunorlan Park #TunbridgeWells first, then a group on nine birds roughly ESE a bit later.

Song Thrush: not noted so far this month.

Blackbird: two this morning was, sadly, a slightly above average count for recent weeks.

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