Virtually every area of bird habitat in North Kent is under threat, from unsympathetically placed proposals for a solar farm at Graveney, repeated proposals for airports, a proposed new Thames crossing to the ludicrous theme park proposal at Swanscombe, the dwindling wildlife of the area is being squeezed further and further towards oblivion. For an [...]
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Dartford Marshes in July – British Birding
July 8th, 2018 
Nick 
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Reporting a Ringed Mediterranean Gull | British Birding
July 3rd, 2018 Nick Most bird watchers have an opinion on ringing/banding regimes and not everyone views this practice positively. Whether or not you think that ringing should be done to the degree that it is, the only way that there can be any meaningful things to be learned from it is if birders report sightings of ringed birds. [...]
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Heathland Birds at Frensham Common – British Birding
July 3rd, 2018 Nick Last week I made one of my annual pilgrimages to see Dartford Warbler. Last year I had a very successful day twitching at Frensham Common in Surrey so I decided to make the short trip there again to look for the bird that got me into birding as well as other heathland specialists. Arriving at [...]
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Farmland Birds – British Birding
June 27th, 2018 Nick Farmland birds are in decline across Britain and indeed pretty much everywhere in the world I have been. When I am back in the UK I am able to take a lot of walks through arable farmland which still has a decent population of some farmland species that are in decline across their ranges so [...]
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Survey of Calling Male Corn Buntings – Bird Behaviour
July 3rd, 2017 Nick More Corn Buntings! Many people may be wondering what is my obsession with what is a rather dull-coloured, sparrow-like bird regarding the fact that I have posted quite frequently about this species here, on my Facebook timeline and on my Twitter account. Well, apart from the fact that in UK this is a red list [...]
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Twitching at Frensham Common – British Birding
June 13th, 2017 Nick I very rarely go twitching but today was an exception. Having dipped on Red-footed Falcon last week at Minsmere a second chance presented itself with another bird present at Frensham Common, in Surrey, over the last few days. The plan was to get there early, which was somewhat spoiled by traffic on the M25 but [...]
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Early Summer Walk – British Birding
June 12th, 2017 Nick One of the pleasures of being back in UK in late Spring/early Summer is the abundance of wildlife, wildflowers and fresh foliage all around and walking in the area I grew up in brings back a lot of memories of when I used to go on Sunday morning strolls with my father. A few days [...]
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