Red Kites!

 Red Kites over The Point

06.26-08.25 & 13.00-17.00                                           
Brent Goose: 31 up
Shelduck: 5 up
Tufted Duck: 2 down
Eider: 4 up
Common Scoter: 128 up                                 
Red-throated Diver: 13 up   3 down                   
Great-crested Grebe: 12 around
Fulmar: 4 up    3 down                     
Manx Shearwater: 3 down
Gannet: 155 up                                                   
Cormorant: present n/c
Oystercatcher: 80 up                                       
Whimbrel: 5 up
Great Skua:   5 up                                             
Arctic Skua: 4 up                                               
Black-headed Gull: present n/c
Mediterranean Gull: 4 up                                         
Herring Gull: present n/c
Great Black-backed Gull present n/c
Little Gull: 32 up
Kittiwake: 7 up               
Sandwich Tern: 88 up                                     
Common/Arctic Tern: 8 up
Arctic Tern:                                                       
Guillemot:   29 around                                   
Auk sp:      4 up
Swallow: 1 in
Linnet: 7 in
Harbour Porpoise: 40+ around
In the trapping area 6+ Lesser Whitethroats, several each of Common Whitethroat, Blackcap and Willow Warbler also a Nightingale there.

Some of the 17 Red Kites that were over The Point this morning

Reports of Red Kites at Lydd and Scotney had us scanning from the top of The Moat where we managed to locate 5 distantly around the water tower at the ARC. As MH had found a Cattle Egret at Dengemarsh I decided to drive round to see it, as drove along the the estate road I looked out to see and saw a number of Red Kites just off shore, pulling over quickly more Kites appeared until there were 17 together over The Point being joined by a Common Buzzard and Sparrowhawk.

When I got to Dengemarsh I joined KP at Springfield Bridge where we saw the Cattle Egret seemingly fly off towards Scotney, apparently it did return later.