A lovely sunny day prompted me to head to Dungeness on the coast of Kent this morning in the hope of seeing some terns and gulls at the water outlet of the nuclear power plant – “the patch”. Unfortunately there were very few birds at all there, just 20-30 Herring Gulls of varying ages and [...]
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Reporting Ringed Birds – British Birding
August 2nd, 2015 
Nick 
Posted in Bird Ringing, Birdwatching in UK, Conservation Issues, Nature, Southeast England 
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Ashdown Forest – British Birding
August 1st, 2015 Nick Woodland and heathland birds in UK have both declined in numbers in my lifetime and many species that used to be common now seem to be scarce even in what looks like good habitat. The populations of some heathland species have now stabilized or even increased, probably due to improved habitat management, although others, particularly [...]
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Returning Waders – British Birding
July 29th, 2015 Nick July is a month when waders begin their migration south, from their breeding grounds and it is a good time to see some scarce species as well as some commoner ones in near breeding plumage. Many of the earliest migrating waders are adults that have failed in their breeding attempts as well as some successful [...]
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Shellness; Gulls & Waders – British Birding
July 27th, 2015 Nick Shellness, on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, is a location where large numbers of birds can be seen at more or less all times of the year. Today I made a late morning/early afternoon visit to see if there were any interesting passage waders at the high tide roost in the hope of getting some [...]
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Yellowhammer: British Birding
July 27th, 2015 Nick Yellowhammer is a bird that should be common in the farmland close to where I come from in Northwest Kent. There is a mixture of arable and pasture with plenty of hedgerows which should supply this species with a suitable habitat, but I can walk a long way without hearing its distinct call. Around 25 [...]
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The Brecon Beacons NP; A Short Birding Trip
July 20th, 2015 Nick Last week Shuki Raviv and I spent a couple of days birding in the Brecon Beacons National Park in South Wales with Red Kite, Dipper, European Nightjar and Tawny Owl our main target species. Although the weather was poor on our arrival over the course of the time we spent in the area we enjoyed [...]
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Oare Marshes: British Birding
July 17th, 2015 Nick A few days ago I made an afternoon, followed by a morning, visit to Oare Marshes, near Faversham, Kent with Shuki Raviv from Israel.In mid July Oare is usually a good place to see a variety of the first migrating waders in breeding plumage as they head south from their breeding grounds and we were [...]
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