Saturday 31st July 2010 North Foreland
This afternoon 30 juvenile Black-headed Gulls feeding on the
seaweed at high tide. A really good number as a ratio to the 120 adults
present. Also an adult Mediterranean Gull. Turnstone numbers
at 45 and a Common Sandpiper. Offshore a few Gannets drifting
South. (Simon Mount)
Friday 30th July 2010 Backsand Scrape
A quick look at Backsand Scrape this afternoon to see what waders were
around bits noted: Little Egret, Avocets, Common Sandpiper,
Redshank, Greenshank and a few Duck Mallard etc, (Gadget)
Thursday 28th July 2010 Pegwell Bay
I watched the dropping tide from 15.00 then an hour round the bushes at
18.00. A few new things today counts taken were; 24 Little Egrets
(inc 14 on the drying up Garage pools) 1 Golden Plover flew over
north, 1 Knot, 9 Dunlin, 1 Green Sandpiper south, c80
Redshank, 1 Greenshank, the 2 Black-tailed Godwits, 3
Bar-tailed Godwits, c350 Curlew, 14 Whimbrel, 1 Ruff,
1 juv Kittiwake, 1150 Black-headed Gulls, 45 Common
Gulls, 11 Mediterranean Gulls (inc 5 juvs & 6 adults) one of the
adult birds was supporting a white C-R ring on its left leg, fortunately it
was to far away to read, as was a juv Herring Gull C-R red on left leg, c250
Sandwich Terns, 24 Common Terns. The bushes and Stonelees was
quite, just the odd ''tack'' from Sedge Warblers etc, 1 juv Cuckoo,
a Great Spotted Woodpecker and a young Moorhen on the pool
opposite the entrance to Stonelees. (Craig Sammels)
Tuesday 27th July Pegwell Bay
Watched the dropping tide from 2.45,
humid and breezy with showers passing to the north. Good numbers of post
breeding gulls but lacking in any real quality, Counts taken during the
session were; 25 Little Egret (inc 14 feeding on the garage pools),
11 Teal, 16 large juv Shelduck, 3 Peregrine, 1
Avocet, 1 each of Ringed Plover, Dunlin & Common
Sandpiper, more Redshank then there has been of late with 45
around the margins, 2 sum'plu Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Bar-tailed
Godwit, 366 Curlew, 11 Whimbrel, c500 Black-headed
Gulls, 1 adult Mediterranean Gull south, 3 Common Tern,
255 Sandwich Tern (peak 476 on 22nd),a steady westward movement of
Swifts over Cliffsend c200, 16 Sand Martin south, also a trickle
of both Swallow & House Martins south. The coastal wall held 6
Sedge Warbler and a scattering of Whitethroat in the
''Fan-tail'' bushes. (Craig Sammels)
Monday 26th July 2010 Dumpton Thanet
A little movement this lunch time, while watching the young Blue
Tits, Great Tits, House Sparrows, feeding in the garden, 4 Willow
Warblers dropped in just giving me time for a few photos before they
moved down the field towards the railway line. (Gadget)
Saturday 25th July 2010 Reculver
Still fairly quiet during a midday stroll around the oyster farm, with 3
Common Sandpipers joining multiple Redshanks and
Oystercatchers. An adult Mediterranean gull flew west past the
towers and a Whimbrel flew south. Also of note were Yellow Wagtail,
20 Sand Martins, 6 Little Egrets, a single Sandwich Tern and
a Kestrel. There was a red C-R Herring Gull on the oyster farm
but i couldn't see both legs fully- might be worth looking out for if anyone
is heading there soon. (Ross Crates)
Sunday 25th July 2010 Foreness area
My first birding of the Autumn was fairly quiet up at Foreness but a few
waders were on the move, 2 Green Sandpipers, 6 Golden Plovers,
2 Bar-tailed Godwits, 24 Whimbrel and a single Snipe
were noted. Other birds were 1 Hobby and 8 Common Scoters flew
east and a few Gannets drifted east too. Lesser Whitethroat
was seen in the old car park bushes. (Barry Hunt)
Friday 23rd July 2010 Pegwell Bay Area
Late afternoon a (juv) Peregrine Falcon was seen hunting over the
saltmarsh on the both sides of the river Stour. (Gadget)
Thursday 22nd July 2010 Pegwell Bay
A rather predictable evening tide at Pegwell produced: 18 Little
Egret, 342 Curlew, 10 Whimbrel, 2 Knot, 2 Dunlin,
1 Sanderling, 356 Sandwich Tern, 8 Common Tern, 4 adult
and 1 juv Mediterranean Gulls and 700 Black-headed Gulls. (F
Solly)
Sunday 18th July 2010 Restharrow Scrape SBBOT
Late News
I arrived at the scrape just after 7.00 am where I met two birders
leaving the site due to their failure to spot the Pectoral Sandpiper. So,
undaunted, I continued to the hide where I met my old golfing buddy Steve
Reynaert hanging around outside the hide on the look out for butterflies.
After 30minutes or so we were joined by another birder. At approx 8.00am the
Pectoral Sandpiper finally made an appearance at the back of the
second island from the hide .It stayed in view for several minutes then
disappeared out of view. A year tick for us all and a first for Steve. Other
birds of note: - 2 Little Ringed Plover, 6 juvenile Yellow Wagtail,
4 Little Egret and 2 Little Grebe.
(Barry Woolhouse)
Sunday 18th July 2010 Chartham Downs
Late News
44 Crossbills flew west over Swarling Manor (Chartham Downs) this
morning at about 8.00 a.m. (Tim Hodge)
Wednesday 14th July Restharrow Scrape, Sandwich
Midday. called in at the scrape hide just in time for a Pectoral
Sandpiper to be identified, just as well there experts about because I
would not been able to identify it? Unfortunately the bird stayed on the
furthest away island so the attached photo is pretty awful, but I include it
for interest. There were two Common Sandpipers along with a flock of
Lapwings. After being disturbed twice by a Kestrel, finally
the Sandpiper and most of the Lapwings flew away south at 1.30pm. (Don
Wilks)
Monday 12th July 2010 Dungeness ARC Pits
White-tailed Plover,
on the ARC Pit at Dungeness RSPB was well worth the trip Dylan, Craig and
myself left Thanet at around 19-00hrs on the second day of it being present
on the ARC Pits Dungeness and were rewarded with distant views of the bird,
after a few record photos that were recorded, we headed back to Thanet, but
to late, as we had been spotted, the Thanet lads were off the reservation
without permission from the self appointed judgment committee! sorry Andy
next time we will ask first, I don't think (Gadget)
Monday 12th July 2010 North Foreland
13 Crossbills heading South this morning. A fledged Rock Pipit
being fed at Stone Bay (Simon Mount)
Thursday 7th July 2010
Pegwell Bay
A very
pleasant evening tide at Pegwell although not over-run with birds. A
Roseate Tern amongst the 227 Sandwich Terns, 1 Greenshank,
1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 8 Whimbrel, 336 Curlew and 12
Little Egrets. (F Solly)
Thursday 8th July 2010 Dumpton Thanet
The local Herring Gulls went potty at 08-05hrs
this morning over my house, the cause was a Common Buzzard drifting
over the cornfield and then pushed by the Gulls towards Pegwell, (Gadget)
Wednesday 7th July 2010
Sad I know, but I've only had three reports which goes
back to June, lets hope things pick up soon, 40 Swifts over the
fields behind my house this afternoon (Gadget)
