Yellow-browed Warbler #Bockhill Kingsdown Leas this morning.

#kentbirdmigrationday

If some #KentBirding bods are wondering where posts for your big event are, so far at least 4 different #s on BSky:
#BigKentBirdMigrationDay
#TheBigKentMigrationDay
#TheBigKentBirdMigrationDay
#KentBirdMigrationDay
(What happens when organisers name event one thing and # another)
You're welcome😇

Witnessed migration in action at Sandwich Bay with Meadow Pipits, Siskins and Hirundines a constant feature overhead. Pied Flycatcher, Goldcrests, Firecrests in the bushes and a crowd-pleasing White-tailed Eagle drifted south over the Observatory #kentbirdmigrationday #kentbirding

In addition to Brendan Ryan’s earlier #Bockhill post: 376 Meadow Pipits, 14 Pied Wagtail, 3 Reed Bunting, 120 Skylark, 7 Firecrest, four Wheatear, 320 Linnet and a juvenile Grey Plover circled the fields before moving off west.
#kentbirdmigrationday

Dungeness

Spotted Flycatcher, Firecrest, Redpoll, Brambling in the Trapping Area

60 Siskin over

50+ Chiffchaffs and smaller numbers of Blackcap

Merlin hunting the Point

Thousands of hirundines moving South East out to sea this morning

#kentbirdmigrationday

13000 Swallows, 500 House Martins 2780 Meadow Pipits, 3 Yellow Wagtails, 50 Skylarks, 100 Siskins and 30 Reed Buntings moving south-east out to sea this morning. Passage still on going. #kentbirdmigrationday

Back from holiday & this afternoon was spent #patchbirding as part of #kentbirdmigrationday. Lots of House Martins & Swallows moving SE across rural Godinton Park, attracting the attentions of Sparrowhawk, Kestrel & a migrating Hobby. 1 Grey Wagtail & c50 Goldfinches also noted.

#patchbirding on #kentbirdmigrationday: moving on to the Hothfield Waterfall Lake. 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Egyptian Geese, 10 Siskins flying east & 1 Meadow Pipit. 2 Kingfishers & 1 Grey Heron. Grey Wagtail, Goldcrests & Chiffchaffs also noted plus a single Cormorant.

Mixed flock of 200 plus Hirundines still feeding over Dengemarsh #kentbirdmigrationday

#patchbirding on #kentbirdmigrationday: At the Hothfield Flood Storage Reservoir, 1 GC Grebe, 4 Linnets, 2 Stonechats, 2 Reed Buntings, 2 Kestrels, Grey Heron & Grey Wagtail, 2 Common Snipe, 7 Skylarks, c30 Siskins around Worten Wood & c300 Meadow Pipits in a ploughed field.

It's the Big Kent Bird Migration Watch tomorrow (28/9). Events at Sandwich Bay BO, Samphire Hoe and Dungeness RSPB see www.kentos.org.uk/index.php/ev.... for more details. If out birding in Kent please send your migrant bird sightings with hashtag
#kentbirdmigrationday