This really is my favourite way of bird watching. A nice fallen tree to sit on, & a flask of tea. Sit ,watch & listen. Blackbirds, song thrushes, tits, Robins, chaffinches, woodpeckers all singing & calling. Even had a squirrel come & sit next to me. Just need the sun to come out a bit more

Samphire hoe this morning, 2 singing chiff chaff, & 142 siskin flew east

Bit of a raptor fest at Samphire hoe this morning, Peregrines, Kestrel & merlin. Plus a lovely Brimstone butterfly

My first Wheatear of the year this morning at Samphire hoe. Spring is here, 😃

Samphire hoe this morning 7.30- 9.00, in some what testing/ murky conditions 1350 Brent geese flew east

A fairly quiet 2 hour sea watch at Samphire hoe this morning. 4 Red throated divers, 6 auks, 59 cormorants, 33 gannets, 17 common gulls, 7 kittiwakes, 1 med gull & a single great crested grebe

A sea watch first thing this morning at Samphire hoe. 93 razorbills, 18 red throated divers, 90 gannets & 203 unidentified auks all east. Then moved on to my passion of peregrine watching. The resident pair saw off an intruding male, some superb flying action. The odd sleet shower, but enjoyable

Finally managed to get out this week, what with the rain, hospital appointments and a blocked sewage pipe. A blustery sea watch at Samphire hoe for an hour, 20 Red throated divers, 16 gannets, 38 common gulls, 18 kittiwake, 3 Fulmars & a few auks

Dungeness. Some of the 4,000+ Cormorants from this mornings watch.

View out the slats of the Seawatch hide at Dungeness

Red-throated Diver day around on Dungeness

A total of 758 all west in the 1hr 45min seawatch from hide first thing

A surge of 462 pushed out west by a fishing boat in Lade/Greatstone Bay in a 15min slot at 12.45

Little Gulls, Eider, Fulmars the extras this morning

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Sea watching at Samphire hoe this morning. 577 Red throated divers, 1364 Auks, 100+ Kittiwake, & Common gulls, 250+ Black headed gulls, 21 Gannets and approximately 2500 Cormorants feeding offshore

Sea watching Samphire hoe this morning 93 gannets, 69 common gulls, 16 kittiwake, 200+ black headed gulls, single auk, 5 red throated divers, 3 divers sp

Garden birds the last few days, Blue & Great tits, sparrows, robin, collard doves, magpies and a fly over Little egret was a new one for the garden list

As the weather has turned colder more birds are visiting the garden. Blue & great tits, wrens, sparrows, robin, magpies & and a crow. Just the day for sitting and watching the feeders with a nice cup of tea. May even have a slice of cake as well.

Just as dawn was breaking this morning, i heard a blackbird singing in the distance. This is quite normal this time of year, especially when its mild. A few bursts as if he's tuning up ready for the spring song. Lovely to hear the melodic notes at any time.

A pleasant hour spent on Deal pier. A nice mix of gannets, divers, a curlew, kittiwake and plenty of great black backs

Lovely autumn morning yesterday at kearsney Abbey/Russel gardens Dover. Sat on a bench watching the black headed gulls, listening to the Robins & the calling goldcrests & long tailed tits.

This sparrowhawk was living up to its name after successfully catching a house sparrow in my garden this morning

Samphire hoe this morning, 2 Ring ouzels, 4 siskin, wheatear & 2 chough

Samphire hoe this morning 4 Ring ouzels. Crap boc shot

Great Farthingloe, 7am before the rain . Large movement of hirundines, mainly House Martins, scattering of chiffs & blackcaps.

Lovely pictures

Abbots cliffe, a nice mix of whitethroats , lesser whitethroats, willow warblers, chiffs, reed warblers, wheatear, Whinchat and a juv cuckoo over the last couple of days. The juv cuckoo still present this morning near the nissen huts

Honey buzzard over Priory fields school Dover

I've got the Kowa bd 8x25 DCF. Brilliant pair of binoculars in my opinion.

Samphire hoe this morning. What i believe to be Pyramidal and common spotted orchids

I too was there that day to see the melodious warbler. 32 years ago, blimey!

Wow! Love the colour on that bankside Paul, superb.

Great Farthingloe A sound clip of a blackbird living by the busy A20 Dover, police car mimicry. Also 2 lesser whitethroat 4 whitethroat
6 chiff chaff, 3 blackcap yellowhammer, 6 song thrushes 6 Robins wren dunnock chaffinch great tit & a further 6 blackbirds a great morning of bird song.

A lovely morning stroll around Worth marshes today. Red kite, Avocet, great white egret, gadwall, shoveler, plenty of Sedge warbs. Banded demoielles & wall butterflies