A decent drop of migrants across the area today including a Short-eared Owl, three White Stork, two Cattle Egret, five Grey Heron, 72 Willow Warbler, 57 Chiffchaff, three Dartford Warbler, 11 Lesser Whitethroat, 25 Wheatear, 41 Stonechat, four Whinchat and seven Spotted Flycatcher. #kentbirding

A day off and I thought I would do something different and spend half a day on Dungeness 😉🤦

3 White Storks at Hayfields, RSPB reserve early then high off Point
Red-necked Phalarope - Burrowes
Plus Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Little Stints, 19 Cattle Egrets
Black-necked Grebe - SandPit, Scotney
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North Foreland this morning 6.10-10am in pouring rain; 3 Teal, 5 C.Scoter, 1 Arctic Skua, 3 Little, 5 Med Gulls, 1579 Common, 456 Sandwich, 15 Arctic & 5 Blackwits Terns + just 3 Gannets! Limited looking on the land; 3 Whinchat, 3 Wheatears & 1 Willow Warbler. #kentbirding

Come join us for the Big Kent Bird Migration Day at Dungeness Bird Observatory! There will be lots going on, with a guided walk, visible migration watches, seawatching and hopefully bird ringing if the weather allows. We hope to see you there! #kentbirding

A recent phenomenon @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social has been fish fry shoals driving gulls & terns into feeding frenzies. Today in flat calm & light drizzle, action was close inshore with at least 5 Black Terns. Not quite Attenborough-esque but video footage attached for your delectation #KentBirding

Juvenile Sabine's Gull west at 0650hrs from the Fishing Boats #kentbirding

Another decent day on the sea. The best offshore was a Sabine's Gull but other highlights included Scaup, 69 Ringed Plover, five Whimbrel, three Common Sandpiper, 31 Turnstone, eight Knot, five Black Tern, 136 Kittiwake, three Caspian Gull, 60 Arctic Skua, a Manx, 4 Balearic Shearwater. #kentbirding

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Juv purple heron stodmarsh this evening #kentbirding @kentishplover.bsky.social

Adult Sabine's Gull west past the Fishing Boats at 16:20, it then joined the feeding flock of Sandwich Terns off the New Lighthouse before being lost to view #kentbirding

Smart male Redstart on Saturday at Hayle Park Nature Reserve, Maidstone - a great local patch find by @stevenixonkent.bsky.social #kentbirding @kentishplover.bsky.social

Another good day with the highlights coming from both over land and sea - best being 26 Black Tern, 88 Arctic Skua, a Sooty Shearwater, eight Balearic Shearwater all mostly west offshore while Osprey, Honey Buzzard, 600 Sand Martin, 2340 Swallow, 270 House Martin, 4 Tree Pipit overhead #kentbirding

Honey Buzzard and Osprey at @dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social this afternoon. @kentishplover.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social #kentbirding

A showy Golden Oriole at Dungeness, near the watertower, this afternoon! Brilliant stuff as it posed nicely out in the open for a few minutes at a time. Happy dayz... @rarebirder.bsky.social @dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social @kentishplover.bsky.social #RareBirdsUK #kentbirding

A Knot on the beach from Herne Bay Downs this morning. More @ hernebaydownsbirding.blogspot.com. @kentishplover.bsky.social #kentbirding

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Osprey circling over the Desert before heading north-west #kentbirding

A dark juvenile Honey Buzzard attempted to fly east along the coast before being interrupted by the gulls at the Power Station and has returned towards Lydd #kentbirding

Dungeness this morning, one of two Spotted Flycatchers present at the top of the Long Pits.

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First thing this morning at Dungeness, I made it to the Obs to see a Kingfisher in the hand, which had been taken from the nets in the Trapping Area, once ringed it was released at the Long Pits.

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