PAST TIMES (JAN/FEB 1987)

January 1987 will be remembered for the deep snow cover  that fell on the 10th.Cutting off many villages mainly along the North Downs.The deep snow also saw the decimation of Cetti`s Warblers in our area.It took a further six years before their song was heard again

NEW HYTHE - Bewick`s Swan 5   Brent Goose 3 (NE)   Pochard 670  Tufted Duck 660  Mallard 250  Pintail 10  Scaup 1  Goldeneye 6  Wigeon 125  Smew 25 Goosander 16 Red-breasted Merganser 1  Red-necked Grebe 3  Slavonian Grebe 1  Bittern 2  Long eared Owl 9  Short-eared Owl 1  Med Gull 1,

BURHAM MARSH - Teal 1,100  Wigeon 5  Mallard 50  Shoveler 1  Pintail 1  Canada Goose 124      Goosander 1  Brent Goose 3 (SW)  Shelduck 162  Redshank 60  Dunlin 40  Ruff 3.


Today January 11th 2019,I saw the tame Whooper Swan on the small Allders lake,at Leybourne.