December 30th (New Hythe)

Bucket wood - 09:30 - 11:00 cold,foggy.(river nearing low-tide)

BIRDS SEEN - Teal 40+  Gadwall 8  Mallard 6 - continued below.

Little Grebe 2  Moorhen 2  Great Black-backed gull 1  Herring Gull 8  Black headed Gull  40+  Redshank 1  Green Sandpiper 2  Lapwing 20+  Snipe 6  Cormorant 2  Grey Heron 1.

Eccles island creek (09:00 -09:15 Teal 19  Mallard 8  Grey Heron 1  Herring Gull 15  Black headed Gull 30 +. .

December 29th (Dungeness and Walland marsh)

December 19th

I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year.

December 13th (East Malling)

After failing to see the two reported Waxwing at East Malling yesterday.I went back there this morning to try again.This time,my luck was in,but as far as myself and others could tell,only one bird was present.

December 11th (New Hythe)

East scrub (08:00 - 10:00) frosty start,calm.

Other birds seen on site - Greenfinch  1  Blackbird  3  Goldfinch 25  Sparrowhawk  1 Dunnock  4

Siskin  1

BIRD RINGED

GREAT TIT        14  re-traps 5

BLUE TIT           12  re-traps 1

CHIFFCHAFF    1

GOLDCREST     1

CHAFFINCH      3 

TOTAL                31

December 2nd (New Hythe)

Cold and sunny - 08:30  10:00.

River - low - Birds seen from the Bucket wood.
Teal 32  Gadwall 6  Mallard  8  Little Egret 1 Lapwing 15  Redshank 3  Black headed Gull 45  Little Grebe  4  Sparrow Hawk 1  Common Buzzard 2.

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Walking through the East scrub,just a small number of Redwing were in the bushes.Fifteen Fieldfare flew over high heading NW and the Peregrine was seen on the pylon again.

On the 22nd,of last month,a Grey Wagtail was a surprise catch in my garden net and a short while latter a Redwing was seen in the garden.

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