Sunday 18 October 2026
500 Gannet (+, several large groups all flying east after rain cleared), 30 Pintail (in 3 groups), 60 Common Scoter, 1 Merlin, 4 Arctic Skua, 12 Little Gull (10 + 1 + 1 flew east), 100 Kittiwake (+, several groups flying east later on), 8 Sandwich Tern, 1 Arctic Tern (juv), 9 auk sp. (probably all Razorbills), 1 Razorbill (flew east), 8 Skylark (flock flew in off), 3 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler (vocal and showing well at end of Mess Road), 2 Chiffchaff [Neil Chambers, Lee Ebbs, Marc Outten]
3 Red-throated Diver, 1 Leach's Petrel (showed very well 13.35 for around 10minutes before landing on the water and drifted up river on the tide), 250 Gannet (at least; several large flocks of around 40-50 up and down the river and gathering on the water; difficult to determine numbers with such movement but this would seem about right), 1 Great White Egret (flew across river from the Kent side), 47 Common Scoter (flocks of 17+ and 30+), 3 Red-breasted Merganser (redheads), 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Whimbrel, 11 Arctic Skua (at least), 1 Great Skua, 4 Mediterranean Gull, 8 Little Gull (5 juveniles/1st winters and 3 adults), 90 Kittiwake (several flocks of over 20 birds up river with most returning once the weather cleared), 6 Sandwich Tern, 1 Guillemot, 16 Razorbill [Steve Arlow]
1 Blackcap (male), 1 Yellow-browed Warbler (showy bird in bushes by end garden south of tennis courts, also may a foray over to the Secret Garden) [Steve Arlow]
1 Yellow-browed Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff [Bob Young]
1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler (Showing well at times), 2 Chiffchaff [Lee Ebbs]
Saturday 17 October 2026
5 Red-throated Diver, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Gannet, 12 Pintail (4 + 8 upriver), 1 Common Scoter (drake upriver), 1 Peregrine Falcon, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 15 Kittiwake, 3 auk sp. (large auks), 2 Guillemot (flew east), 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Cetti's Warbler (singing), 20 Chaffinch (several small flocks in off), 1 Reed Bunting (flew SW) [Neil Chambers]
1 Red-throated Diver (adult winter offshore), 1 Peregrine Falcon [Steve Arlow]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Mediterranean Gull (adult), 5 Sandwich Tern, 1 Short-eared Owl (over seall), 1 Kingfisher, 2 Stonechat, 1 Clouded Yellow [Steve Arlow]
66 Redwing (in small groups, west) [Paul Griggs]
Thursday 15 October 2026
1 Red-throated Diver, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Skylark, 10 Meadow Pipit, 1 Stonechat, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 20 Chaffinch [Neil Chambers]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Water Rail (calling from lake), 1 Kingfisher (north end of usual ditch), 15 Skylark (1s and 2s SW), 100 Meadow Pipit (flew SW), 1 Grey Wagtail (flew SW), 1 Stonechat (male), 3 Cetti's Warbler (singing), 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Brambling (flew SW calling), 15 Linnet [Neil Chambers]
1 Little Egret, 1 Spoonbill (main lagoon ), 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 12 Avocet, 1 Grey Plover, 55 Lapwing, 2 Ruff, 1 Snipe, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Curlew, 1 Greenshank, 3 Skylark, 5 Meadow Pipit, 5 Stonechat (two pairs,one male ), 2 Redwing, 9 Cetti's Warbler (h), 2 Bearded Tit, 500 Starling (+), 1 Clouded Yellow [Jeff Kinnerman]
Wednesday 14 October 2026
1 Grey Wagtail [Angela Baldock]
1 Cattle Egret, 1 Spoonbill, 55 Pintail, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Ruff, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Stonechat, 15 Bearded Tit, 50 Linnet [Graham Oakes]
Tuesday 13 October 2026
4 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (crossing to Kent), 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 2 Clouded Yellow [Paul Griggs, Bob Young]
Sunday 11 October 2026
6 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Gannet (juv flew east close in), 1 Water Rail (calling from lake), 3 Cetti's Warbler (singing), 1 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Clouded Yellow, 2 Small White, 2 Wall Brown [Neil Chambers]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Grey Wagtail [Paul Griggs]
4 Red-throated Diver (+), 3 Gannet, 1 Merlin (Came in off the sea), 1 Rock Pipit, 2 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Clouded Yellow, 1 Small Copper [Marc Outten, Lee Ebbs]
Saturday 10 October 2026
5 Spoonbill, 30 Pintail, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 10 Ringed Plover, 5 Ruff, 3 Snipe [Mike Clarke]
2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit [Neil Chambers]
2 Gannet, 8 Common Scoter, 2 Arctic Skua, 10 Sandwich Tern [Mike Clarke]
1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Ring Ouzel (Female seen on footpath by electricity sub station.
), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Migrant Hawker, 1 Clouded Yellow, 1 Red Admiral [Lee Ebbs]
2 Red-throated Diver, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Arctic Skua, 1 Great Skua, 15 Sandwich Tern, 6 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff [Lee Ebbs]
1 Grey Wagtail [Paul Griggs]
Friday 09 October 2026
1 Great White Egret, 1 Spoonbill, 2 Marsh Harrier (m&f), 1 Greenshank, 1 Stonechat (pair) [John Wright]
Thursday 08 October 2026
1 Redwing (1+ calling overhead) [John Wright]
Wednesday 07 October 2026
20 Gannet, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Greenshank, 0 Pomarine Skua (group of 4 adult skuas distantly upriver were probably all Poms, dropped out of the clouds and were already west of us when picked up), 27 Arctic Skua (mostly juvs, including one chasing Sandwich Terns directly overhead!), 2 Long-tailed Skua (pale juv at 16.05 heading NW mid river, circled up and into clouds. Dark/inter juv at 16.20 flew east.), 2 Mediterranean Gull, 25 Sterna sp. (flew west distantly, probably all Arctics), 19 Sandwich Tern, 3 Common Tern (ad + 2 juvs with Sandwich Terns), 2 Arctic Tern (at least 2 juvs with a flock of terns, which all looked like Arctics), 18 Razorbill (single heading east joined a flock of 17 coming in and all landed on the water off Allhallows), 1 Anthus sp. (flew SW over end of Beveland Road late on calling - Tree or OBP), 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit, 25 Chaffinch (single flock in off) [Neil Chambers]
1 Sooty Shearwater (flew east close in 11.15), 7 Gannet, 9 Arctic Skua, 1 Long-tailed Skua (pale juv flew east at 12.20 before circling up into the clouds), 1 Mediterranean Gull, 60 Chaffinch (single flock in off) [Neil Chambers]
6 Arctic Skua, 1 Long-tailed Skua (West at 10:50), 1 Great Skua, 40 Sterna sp. (+, group of terns flew west in foggy conditions early on), 15 Sandwich Tern (+), 3 Common Tern, 3 Razorbill [Tim Bourne]
1 Whimbrel, 1 Great Skua (flew east 9.05), 2 Mediterranean Gull, 40 Sterna sp. (group west early on all looked like Commons), 7 Sandwich Tern, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit [Neil Chambers]
Tuesday 06 October 2026
1 Tawny Owl (female calling) [Neil Chambers]
1 Barn Owl, 1 Tawny Owl (Female calling from copse on landfill at western end), 1 Daubenton's Bat, 3 Common Pipistrelle, 5 Red Fox, 3 Badger, 3 Harvest Mouse, 2 Wood Mouse (+ many other small mammals in bushes and ground vegetation not id'd to species), 1 Brown Rat [Tim Bourne]
1 Marsh Harrier (juv flew east) [John Wright]
Monday 05 October 2026
4 Ring-necked Parakeet [Matt Bruty]
2 Cattle Egret, 3 Spoonbill, 30 Pintail, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Grey Plover, 5 Ruff, 7 Snipe, 14 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Stonechat (pair.), 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Bearded Tit, 1 Jay, 2 Clouded Yellow, 1 Common Blue [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
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