An excellent day of seawatching with 1250 Brents, 99 Wigeon, 168 Common Scoter, 106 Dunlin, 33 Little Gull, 835 Kittiwake, a juvenile Sabine's Gull, a Caspian Gull, two juvenile Long-tailed Skua, 19 Arctic Skua, a Bonxie, 2658 Razorbill, 117 Guillemot, a Great Northern Diver... #kentbirding

Todays seawatch so far: 500 Brent Geese, 79 Wigeon, two juvenile Long-tailed Skuas (one of which cut the corner between the Lighthouses!), a Great Skua, 19 Arctic Skua, 13 Little Gull, 500 Kittiwake, five Sooty Shearwater and 1140 Razorbill all west. A Great Northern Diver flew east. #kentbirding

On the land there was a Wheatear, a Reed Warbler, 72 Chiffchaff, two each of Firecrest and Goldcrest. Passage over the sea was quiet, but there were still plenty of birds feeding offshore including a Black Tern. Wildfowl moving past included nine Brent Goose, 10 Wigeon and five Teal. #kentbirding

Over 5000 Chaffinches in off so far today in wet conditions with lesser numbers of other common migrants arriving too. Counts to follow later. #kentbirding

On one of our recent owl catching sessions, we caught a 1cy male Barn Owl that was ringed elsewhere. Expecting it to be somewhere local, due to the fact that most don't move very far, we were surprised to find it was ringed 134km away as a chick on 23rd May near Touchen End. #kentbirding

This morning gave a little arrival but by late morning nearly everything had gone through. Totals include a Yellow-browed Warbler, 100 Chiffchaff, 24 Blackcap, 53 Song Thrush, three Redwing and a Brambling. Overhead 500 Swallow, 220 House Martin, 9 Grey Wagtail, 130 Meadow Pipit... #kentbirding

A decent morning ringing in the Trapping Area with a Yellow-browed Warbler and a Brambling the highlights. There was the first decent arrival of Song Thrushes of the autumn with at least 40 recorded. #kentbirding

A fantastic evening attempting to catch Owls in the recording area this evening with singles of Short-eared and Long-eared caught. The former being just the third ringed by the Observatory. #kentbirding

Hundreds of Chiffchaffs across the recording area today, with a sprinkling of other migrants making for a good days birding and ringing. The best found so far being a Quail flushed near the Polish War Memorial #kentbirding

A day of mostly overhead passage saw 600 House Martin, 200 Swallow, three Tree Pipit, a Brambling, 75 Reed Bunting and the first flocks of Goldfinches of the autumn amongst other bits. The bushes held a few bits including three Firecrest, 10 Song Thrush and a Ring Ouzel. #kentbirding

A light sprinkling of birds on the land, with our first Ring Ouzel and two Brambling of the autumn. Otherwise, there were 120 Chiffchaff, a Lesser Whitethroat, two Dartford Warbler, 5 Song Thrush and a Firecrest. Overhead 1429 Swallows flew out to sea and 17 Siskin arrived in off. #kentbirding