Last updated: 21st January.
21st – A Black Redstart in a garden in Wear Bay Crescent, Folkestone (Peter Lagrue). A Black Redstart and a Blackcap in a garden in Ormonde Road, Hythe (Sean McMinn).
20th – A Barn Owl and a Black Redstart at Samphire Hoe (Pete Findley). A Black Redstart in a garden in Ormonde Road, Hythe (Sean McMinn). A female Blackcap in a garden at Cliff Road, Hythe (Mike Cox).
19th – A female Blackcap in a garden in Seabrook (Paul Howe). A Green Sandpiper and 3 Shoveler at the Canal Cutting (Ian Roberts). A female Blackcap in a garden at Cliff Road, Hythe (Mike Cox).
18th – A Great White Egret and a Green Sandpiper at Donkey Street and a 2CY male Pintail on the canal at Hythe (Ian Roberts). 2 Jack Snipe and 11 Canada Geese at Westenhanger (Brian Harper).
17th – A Barn Owl at Daleacres, Lower Wall, a Water Rail at Donkey Street and 2 Pochard, 4 Gadwall and 18 Shoveler at the Canal Cutting (Brian Harper). 2 Ravens at Lympne Churchyard (Phil Sharp). The Little Grebe still on the canal at Seabrook (Martin Whybrow). A Firecrest, 11 Mandarin Ducks and 13 Teal at Chesterfield Wood (Ian Roberts).
16th – A Firecrest at Radnor Park (Mike Fitch).
Double-striped Pug at Seabrook was new for the year (Paul Howe).
15th – A pair of Bullfinches (only the fourth site record) [apologies – not the second as previously stated], a Firecrest, a Shag and 2 Black Redstarts at Samphire Hoe, where an Oystercatcher flew west (Mark Kennett / Paul Holt). 840 Cormorants flew east past Seabrook (Paul Howe).
14th – A Water Rail and a Little Grebe on the canal at Seabrook (Martin Whybrow). A Nuthatch and 8 Redwings at Horton Priory (Derek Smith). 14 Ringed Plovers at Folkestone Beach (Brian Harper).
13 – 7+ Goosanders on the Canal Cutting (Chris Gillard). 8 Siskins at Horton Priory, where 22 Greylag Geese flew west (Derek Smith). 40 Brent Geese flew east at Folkestone Harbour (Steve Wood). 2 Firecrests at Radnor Park (Mike Fitch).
12th – 10 Goosanders on the Canal Cutting, a Blackcap along the canal at Palmarsh and a Blackcap at Pond Hill Road (Brian Harper). A Curlew, 3 Shelduck and 690 Cormorants flew east past Samphire Hoe, 4 Shags flew west and 2 Black Redstarts were present (Mark Kennett).
11th – A Pochard, a Wigeon, a Green Sandpiper, 2 drake Goosander, 8 Shoveler, 8 Gadwall and 10 Teal on the Canal Cutting (Brian Harper / Ian Roberts), with the Goosander probably having earlier flown west at Seabrook (Paul Howe). A Tawny Owl and c.1,000 Jackdaws at Lympne Park Wood (Phil Sharp). A male Blackcap in a garden in Hythe (Glenn Tutton). 3 Ravens flew west over Seabrook (Martin Whybrow). 50 Skylarks at Abbotscliffe (Mark Kennett). 2 Firecrests, 2 Nuthatches and 4 Marsh Tits at Port Lympne (Pete Coleman). A Chiffchaff at Folkestone Warren (Mike Fitch).
10th – Single Barn Owls at the Aldergate Bridge and West Hythe (Brian Harper). 2 Brent Geese flew east at Seabrook (Paul Howe).
8th – A Blackcap in a garden in Cheriton (Brian Harper). A Little Egret at Radnor Park (Jenny-Louise Read). A Black Redstart and a Little Egret at Samphire Hoe (Mark Kennett). 3 Tufted Ducks at Cock Ash Lake and a Nuthatch, 18 Redwings and 35 Siskins at Horton Priory (Derek Smith).
7th – A Shag at Mill Point (Brian Harper). A Black Redstart and 29 Common Scoter at the Willop Outfall (John Tilby). The drake Tufted Duck and 2 Bullfinches at West Hythe and a Little Egret at Port Lympne (Brian Adams).
A Seahorse found dead on Folkestone Beach (Aimi Clark).
5th – A female Mandarin Duck on the canal at Hythe between Stade Street and Ladies Walk (Ian Roberts).
4th – A Brambling and 3 Woodcock at Kiln Wood (Brian Harper). The Tufted Duck again at West Hythe dam and 4 Bullfinches along the canal (Jenny-Louise Read / Mike Fitch). A female Mandarin Duck on the canal between Hythe and Palmarsh and 3 Fieldfare at the Willop Basin (Ian Roberts).
3rd – A Dartford Warbler, a Marsh Harrier, a Barn Owl, a Great White Egret and 28 Snipe at the Willop Basin (Chris Gillard). 7 Egyptian Geese flew over Nickolls Quarry (Brian Harper). A Siskin and Horton Priory and a Snipe and 2 Tufted Ducks at Cock Ash Lake (Derek Smith). A Siskin along the canal between Hythe and Palmarsh (Ian Roberts).
2nd – A Black Redstart and 15 Linnets at Hythe Ranges (Ian Roberts). A Green Sandpiper at Nickolls Quarry, a Tufted Duck at West Hythe, 2 Gadwall at Nickolls Quarry and 4 Gadwall at the Canal Cutting (Brian Harper). A Fieldfare at Samphire Hoe.
1st – A Pintail, 3 Velvet Scoter and c.40 Kittiwakes flew west past Princes Parade and 12 Brent Geese flew east (Ian Roberts). A Firecrest at Horn Street (Brian Harper).
January to December 2024 sightings have been archived – click on the links for the reviews of bird sightings and lepidoptera sightings in 2024.
For the reviews of sightings in 2023 and earlier years visit the “Annual Reports” section.
This website is maintained by Ian Roberts. For enquiries or to report sightings please contact me at ian_rober@yahoo.co.uk.