Feb 3rd
Bewick’s Swan 30 – flew in to roost on the Flamingo Pool at dusk
Shoveler 272
Pintail 50
Wigeon 2,500
Shelduck 45
Pochard 185
T Duck 151
Scaup 11 (6 drakes)
Goldeneye 30 (5 drakes)
Bl/T Godwit 3,500 roosting on the islands
Tawny Owl – bird hooting at Allen’s Hill at dusk
Fieldfare 300
The Shoveler were mainly on the Back Barn Pools whilst the rest of the dabbling duck were on the Radar/Hidden/Ski Pools. The diving duck were mostly on the Flamingo Pool.
Feb 9th
Shoveler 272 (mostly on Ski Pool)
Pintail 85 (mostly Radar-Ski Pools)
Wigeon 3,400 (incredible numbers on the Radar-Ski Pools)
Gadwall 112 (Ski Pool)
Goldeneye 32 (8 drakes; Flamingo Pool)
Little Egret 8
Greenshank 1
Marsh Harrier 2
Com Buzzard 2
Waxwings have been seen again in and around the green in Cliffe Village, behind the Six Bells Pub.
These totalled 42 on Monday 28th January.
The green has many berry bushes but is surrounded by gardens and houses so please respect the resident's privacy while looking for the birds.
04/10/2012
2500 Black tailed Godwit
Osprey. We've had an email in from Scotish Wildlife Trust informing us that a young male Osprey that they ringed and fitted with a satellite tracker has been roosting in North Kent near Northward Hill. If anyone see's an Osprey with a blue leg ring on his left leg, please let us know, as we would like to keep our Scottish colleagues updated with sightings.
Buzzard
Peregrine
Sparrowhawk
Hobby
Kestrel
Spotted redshank
Greenshank
Turnstone
Green Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Ruff
Wigeon
Cettis Warbler
Black-tailed Godwit
Redshank
Oystercatcher
Avocet
Lapwing
Our new Residential Volunteer Luke Wallace was on patrol at Cliffe Pools at the weekend and made the following sightings list.
Black headed Gull
Black Tern (2 Juvs)
Common Tern
Curlew (6)
Curlew sandpiper (1)
Great Black-backed Gull
Great-crested Grebe
Green Sandpiper (8)
Grey Heron
Grey Plover (30)
Herring Gull
Knot (30)
Linnet
Little Egret
Little Stint (5)
Marsh Harrier (1 male)
Meadow Pipit
Ringed Plover (50+)
Ruff (10)
Snipe
Spotted Redshank (1)
Turnstone (3)