November 17th (Leysdown)

 Six Shorelark and one Snow Bunting (just south of the Neptune café)

November 13th (Leysdown)

Shorelarks (just south of the Neptune cafe).

                                              

November 1st (BITS AND PIECES)

I saw my first Redwings at New Hythe on October 18th,A Kestral in the garden on the 21st,was very unusual.It had probably seen a mouse feeding on seed put out for the birds.One hundred and twenty Red legged Partridge,two Raven and fifty linnet in fields at the foot of the Downs above Birling on the 22nd.

Photos Snipe  Teal  Kestral (east scrub pylon)  Wigeon (Railway lake,mid October  Sparrowhawk  Teal and Peregrine (east scrub pylon November 1st)  Little Egret and Stonechat  (Halling marsh).                                                                                                           

September 25th (BITS AND PIECES)

Five more visits to the West Scrub.August 28th,September 9th,15th,21st and 25th.

BIRDS RINGED

BLACKCAP          60

CHIFFCHAFF        9

BLUE TIT              3

ROBIN                   I

CETTI`S                1   TOTAL                  74

Blackcap numbers picked up a bit but are still down on previous years. 

Seven Buzzards over our garden at mid day on the 21st.

Five Yellowhammers in the fields behind Snodland,going towards Paddlesworth on the 25th.One Stonechat there on the 20th.

One of our garden Robins  Yellowhammer  Chiffchaff in our garden on the 25th (scarce visitor)  ringed Chiffchaff (New Hythe)  Pied Flycatcher at Sandwich Bay,in August  Sandwich Terns at Leysdown  Stonechat,Snodland.

                                       

August 18th (New Hythe)

My ringing totals so far this year.Particularly for Blackcap and Nightingale,are way down on previous years.The cold start to the breeding season, may well have had an effect on breeding productivity.

Thirteen visits between 08 07 21 and 18 08 21,produced only 24 Blackcaps and 5 Nightingales.

Eleven visits between 30 06 20 and 20 08 20,produced 43 Blackcaps and 17 Nightingales.

Eleven visits between 08 07 19 and 19 08 19,produced 66 Blackcaps and 15 Nightingals.

The same ride,using two nets was used in all years (West Scrub).

The Peak month for catching Blackcaps is September,so hopefully things might look up.As for Nightingales,its July,most will have departed by the second week of August.