JANUARY 2024

 Another year and already January is over,

the days starting to get a bit longer and the promise of spring is in the air and I am off to Costa Rica for a couple of weeks.

Have done the usual round of East Kents birding hot spots to get the year list up and running,The Great Northern Diver has stayed in Dover Harbour along with 4 Razorbills for 10 weeks now.The Twite twins have also stayed faithful to Pegwell Bay and eventually a small flock of Waxwings showed up nearby as well as the confiding young drake Long Tailed Duck.JP found a lovely Iceland Gull at St Margarets Bay.

Here is a pictorial view of some of the highlights.

RAZORBILL DOVER HARBOUR

KINGFISHER BUSHY RUFF

LONG TAILED DUCK

TWITE TWINS

GREAT NORTHERN DIVER &BLACK THROATED DIVER DUNGENESS

BLACK THROATED DIVER

BLACK THROATED DIVER

GREAT WHITE EGRET ARC PIT

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ICELAND GULL -ST MARGARETS BAY

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GREAT TIT- BOSSENDEN WOODS

ROBIN

BLUE TIT

NUTHATCH

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SISKIN ALDER WOOD STODMARSH

GREAT NORTHERN DIVER -DOVER HARBOUR

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MEDITERRANEAN GULL -FOLKESTONE

LONG TAILED TIT- DOVER

CHIFFCHAFF -DOVER 

CATTLE EGRET -DUNGENESS

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TUNDRA BEAN GEESE WALLAND MARSH

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BEWICK SWANS -WALLAND MARSH

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GOLDCREST

KINGFISHER- HYTHE.

RINGED PLOVERS-DEAL

BULLFINCH -CHILHAM

WAXWING -STONELEES

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WALLOWING WAXWING

SANDERLING -MARGATE HARBOUR

PURPLE SANDPIPER- MARGATE

CURLEW -OARE

CALLING SPOTTED REDSHANK -OARE

SPOTTED REDSHANK.

AVOCETS -OARE

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RED KITE - GODMERSHAM

RED KITE

YOUNG DRAKE GOLDENEYE -STODMARSH

GOLDENEYES being chased away by Tufted Duck

LESSER REDPOLLS feeding on Alder seeds Stodmarsh.

Thats all for now, as I said I am off to COSTA RICA tomorrow so hopefully some exotic birds next month.