March 29th and 30th (New Hythe)

March 30th (Bucket Wood) 1400:1500)
River low - Common Buzzard 4  Sparrowhawk 1  Shelduck 4  Common Sandpiper 1  Green Sandpiper 1  Med Gull 1  Oystercatcher 2  Teal 6  Mallard 2 Great Black-backed Gull 3. Black headend Gull 20  Herring Gull  6  Raven 1  Cormorant 3  Heron 2.

March 29th  (Bucket Wood) 10:30 - 12:00
River low - Shelduck 2  Green Sandpiper 2  Snipe 2  Gadwall 1  Teal 10  Stock Dove 3  King Fisher 1  Chaffinch 5 over. Oystercatcher 2.

I saw 2 linnets along the northern edge of Brookland lake and 5 Bullfinch in the area of Abbey Meads,

The female Blackcap which has been frequenting the garden,was seen again on the 30th.

A Red Kite flew NW over the garden on March 25th (17:00)

March 23rd (New Hythe)

RIVER (tide out) - 10 Great Black backed Gulls (ad) 2 Med Gulls (ad) 2 Shelduck 2 Oystercatcher 25 Mallard 18 Teal 2 Snipe 1 Green Sandpiper 1 Peregrine 1 Sparrowhawk 3 Common Buzzards.

Four singing Blackcaps and 3 Chiffchaffs were in the area of Brooklands lake.

Later during the afternoon,I saw 3 Med Gulls in the fields out towards Birling,along with the leucistic Magpie.Which has been around for at least six years.

March 19th (New Hythe)

Ring-neck Duck (Abbey Mead) and a YELLOWHAMMER in the Sunken Marsh.The Yellowhammer is my first sighting of the species at New Hythe,for almost thirty years.

March 18th (CATCH UP)

The Blackcap which I controlled in my garden (5) male,on February 1st 2019.Had been ringed on 26th September 2018,in the Channel Islands,Alderney,Essex,farm.
The above bird stayed around for about two weeks.Then on March 12th,a different male,along with a female appeared.Although the female is still seen daily,the male has not been seen since.

The big wintering wildfowl flocks at New Hythe,departed around the time of the very warm period during February.Although the Ring-neck Duck still remains on Abbey Mead (March 18th,but at times it can be very hard to locate.

During the February warm period I saw three butterfly species,Brimstone,Peacock and Comma.

On February 28th,I saw a Red Kite drifting over Snodland,heading east.

On March 14th,I had three singing Chiffs and two Oystercatchers at New Hythe,but so far,no martins or swallows.The Stock Dove was seen at Alders lake.

Above Egyptian Goose (Alders lake) March 14th.