Birds: March
Monday 31st There was a procession of Mediterranean Gulls through the area in small parties and later as it got warmer there were at least three Red Kites north, plus a BLACK KITE which went south over RSPB Worth marshes towards Deal. A Cattle Egret was moving between the Estate and Willow Farm, a Sand Martin went north, and a…
Ringing: March
CALLING ALL RINGERS – Sold out and waiting list started. South East Ringers’ Conference at Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory: April 5th 2025 09.30 -17.00 Admission is by ticket only please use this link: https://buytickets.at/sandwichbaybirdobservatory/1582702 Talks will include Waders on the Swale, Nightingales, Motus, Trapping methods, Turtle Doves Raffle to win a pair of binoculars kindly donated by In Focus. Sunday…
Moths: March
Monday 31st More of the same but the wind dropped reducing the risk from the flood alert. The temperature was down to 3.3°C and there was an early frost. An increase of Hebrew Characters to 17 helped the total go up to 46 moths of 11 species. The highlight was a pristine female Emperor Moth. As these use pheromones to…
Ringing: February
CALLING ALL RINGERS South East Ringers’ Conference at Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory: April 5th 2025 09.30 -17.00 Admission is by ticket only please use this link: https://buytickets.at/sandwichbaybirdobservatory/1582702 Talks will include Waders, Nightingales, Motus, Trapping methods, Turtle Doves Raffle to win a pair of binoculars kindly donated by In Focus. Friday 28th Breezier than forecast but that did keep the frost…
Birds: February
Friday 28th A Mediterranean Gull flew over Restharrow Scrape and two Cattle Egrets were around the Observatory. Thursday 27th Two Great White Egrets were on RSPB Worth marshes and the White Wagtail was still outside the Observatory. Wednesday 26th There were a few signs of spring on the Estate with our first White Wagtail in with Pied Wagtails on the…
Butterflies: January
Thursday 16th A Red Admiral sunning itself at New Downs New Pool was our first butterfly of the year.
Butterflies: December
Thursday 30th Just when we thought the butterfly season was over, a Peacock was flying strongly around Waldershare Avenue on the Estate, our latest ever record.
Ringing: January
Sunday 26th Although the morning started calm and frosty gales were forecast and started building up by mid-morning. We seized the chance of the quiet bit of the day to ring a few birds. Seventeen were caught of which four were new. The most interesting was a new Robin which weighed 24.4g. 20g is normally a good weight for our…
Dragonflies: January to March
It is a quieter time for Odonata sightings with the first sightings usually not until mid April. In the mean time, why not plan ahead to come visit us this summer and see some for yourselves? A total of 32 species of Odonata have been recorded here, more than anywhere else in the UK, and many of which are Nationally…
Moths: January
Friday 10th Despite the conditions not often being favourable last year we still added three new species of macro and several micros to the list. We are grateful to visitors who take the time to share their records with us. This included this first from Lynnette Nicholson and Mark Golley which was gen. det’d by N. Jones. Thursday 2nd It…