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Neil Burt retweeted
2nd cal yr f (?) Hen Harrier at Bockhill Monument mid afternoon today. @jarpartridge @KentishPlover @NigeJarman #birding @RareBirdAlertUK
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Neil Burt retweeted
We are really excited to be hosting the Honey-buzzard live stream on our new website. As seen on Springwatch 2026.
tinyurl.com/42ubayu8
The Society part-funded this work, which should contribute much to our understanding of the species’ breeding ecology in Sussex.
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Neil Burt retweeted
Jun 10
The next generation. One of several newly fledged Nightingales ringed in Kent this week. Productivity this year seems to be pretty good.
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Jun 9
A superb singing male Spotted Flycatcher at the Hothfield Waterfall Lake this evening whilst out #patchbirding. #PWC2026 Year tick ✅ #91. The juveniles here last year might very well have been locally bred after all. Also the GC Grebe & Reed Warbler are still at the reservoir.
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Neil Burt retweeted
An excellent day of seawatching provided two Arctic Skua, two Puffin, 39 Fulmar, eight Balearic Shearwater, 324 Manx Shearwater and 163 Swift all passing from the Fishing Boats.
Video of Manx Shearwaters passing the Fishing Boats taken by Dave Scott. #kentbirding
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Jun 5
#Patchbirding: belatedly my first Jun-26 walk on the patch this evening & a surprise with a singing Reed Warbler at the Hothfield Flood Storage Reservoir. Good evening for raptors too with 1 Red Kite, 1 Hobby, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Kestrels & 4 C Buzzards so far.
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Jun 5
Good numbers of House Martins around & a few Swallows. 2 Egyptian Geese flew N & a GC Grebe has finally appeared on the reservoir this year. 2 Canada Geese gave it a bit of grief. Also Stonechat, Linnet, Yellowhammers & Reed Buntings. Skylarks, Stock Doves.
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Neil Burt retweeted
Have you seen that we are running our annual moth event again this July?! Last year's event, over two hundred species of moth were seen!
Why not come along? We already have people booked on for both the evening and morning sessions of this year's event!
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May 31
An early afternoon visit to more woodland habitat on the North Downs… singing Tree Pipit, Spotted Flycatcher & Firecrest. Also 1 Red Kite. Another Red Kite being attacked by a Kestrel at Eastwell Lake. 2 Little Grebes amongst the many GCs. 2 Spotted Flycatchers at Godmersham.
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May 30
RSPB Dungeness today: Bittern in flight, Red Kite, 2 Cattle & 2 Little Egrets, Ringed & Little Ringed Plovers, Warblers singing & plenty of Common Terns. Across the Romney Marsh, 2 Turtle Doves, 3 Cuckoos, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 3 Corn Buntings & views of a singing Lesser Whitethroat
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May 29
In the Kent North Downs woodlands this evening around Challock & Charing. 5 Garden Warbler territories, 3 Yellowhammers & 1 singing Firecrest.
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May 29
And as the sun set, a Nightingale sang. Otherwise, very quiet at dusk.
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May 28
Too much human disturbance around the Hothfield water bodies & patch tonight to see any decent bird activity. But a Roe Deer was a total surprise, following on from a rare Brown Hare sighting Sunday. The 8 crop fields all appear to have been planted with Maize. 7 Swifts. #PWC2026
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May 26
A pleasant stroll around Hothfield Heathlands KWT as it cooled down this evening. 1 singing Nightingale still, a smart Hobby that fed on insects over the dry water meadows, 4 Yellowhammers, 1 Linnet, 3 Goldfinches, Green & GS Woodpeckers…
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May 26
… Nuthatch, Blackbirds, Song & Mistle Thrushes and 5 Warbler species singing; Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps, 3 Garden Warblers, 2 Common Whitethroats and the 1 singing Willow Warbler.
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May 24
Back home after 8 days in Norfolk… straight on to a patch year ✅ with a Red Kite drifting SW over the Godinton garden. #patchbirding #PWC2026
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May 24
So frustrating to find more habitat destruction on the patch this evening & in MAY !!! Old, dying & dead trees have been removed along the @KentishStourCP across rural @Godinton Park. WHY ?Calling Little Owl here earlier in the year plus regular breeders, Woodpeckers & Warblers.
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Neil Burt retweeted
We have now published the April #PWC2026 review on our blog! Click this link to head over and see where you ended up in the league tables, as well as all the interesting patch birds over the month: patchworkchallenge.blogspot.…
Thanks to everyone who has taken part so far!
ALT Little Gulls at Stanford Reservoir taken by Chris Hubbard.
ALT Black Terns in the Dearne Valley, taken by Mark Langston.
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May 14
#Patchbirding #PWC2026 after work walk today. Some great breeding records. 5 Mandarin Ducklings with their parents on the Hothfield Waterfall Lake. Pair of Grey Wagtails. Also 3 House Martins flew N. Kestrel & C Buzzards overhead plus Blackcaps, Garden Warbler & Whitethroat.
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May 14
More breeding success at the Hothfield Flood Storage Reservoir; the male Stonechat was feeding at least 3 fledged juveniles!!! The first confirmed record for here👍👏. A Common Sandpiper was also around the reservoir margins. Rescued a juvenile Great Tit from a Jay too (Godinton)
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