Oare Marshes Highlights
10th September to 29th September
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1Ad & 2 Juv Spoonbills
A visit to Oare Marshes on the 10th September was rewarded with 1 Adult & 2 Juv Spoonbills flying high over the East Flood (a good pick up by AE).
The Bonaparte's Gull was still present now in it's full adult winter plumage, how much longer it will stay for before it departs to who knows where for the winter is anyone's guess ?!
The latest the Bonaparte's Gull has been recorded at Oare Marshes is the 26th September by MW, my personal latest date is 18th September.
Bonaparte's Gull snoozing before it's departure.
Wader numbers & variety is improving with a single juv Little Stint & 4 juv Curlew Sandpipers the pick of the birds amongst the 1000's of waders present.
15th September 2022
Pink Footed Goose.
The surprise bird on the 15th September was a Pink footed Goose in a stubble field below the cottages , you can never be totally certain of the origin of wildfowl especially but i have included this bird on my Oare Marsh Bird List so there !!!!
20 different species of wader were seen today including Spotted Redshank (1) , Little Stint (2) & Curlew Sandpiper (3) being the pick of the bunch.
We also saw a single Clouded Yellow butterfly.
17th September 2022
Juv Curlew Sandpiper
All the attention was on the East Flood today and the highlight was seeing 12 juv Curlew Sandpipers which were in immaculate plumage.
The supporting cast included Bar Tailed Godwit (2), Spotted Redshank (1) & Knot (3), we also saw a Juv Gannet flyover the East Flood and head inland.
It was also great to see 50+ House Martins overhead on their migration south.
22nd September 2022
An amazing movement of House Martins dominated our visit today with 5000+ birds counted , i have struggled all year to see a House Martin so to see this many was overwhelming .
24th September 2022
6 of the 7 Juv Little Stints.
A seawatch was rewarded with 1 light phase & 5 dark phase Arctic Skuas plus a fantastic view of 1 adult & 4 juv Little Gulls .
The 3 Spoonbills were seen again briefly on Horsesands and there were 3 Eider seen nearer to Castle Coote.
The Pink Footed Goose was present on the East Flood first thing and we saw 100+ Brent Geese in the Swale.
29th September 2022.
Leucistic Bearded Tit.
A walk around the East Flood early on the 29th September saw plenty of Bearded Tit activity including a Leucistic bird among them.
It looked completely white in flight bar a darker tail but when we managed to see it in the reeds you could see there was a little bit more colour then first thought, a stunning bird all the same.
Leucistic Bearded Tit.
There was 4 Stonechats & a Reed Warbler near the Sluice and a further 6 Stonechats & 2 Wheatear near Uplees, on the East Flood there were still 7 Little Stints & 8 Curlew Sandpipers (AE & JBL) I only saw 6 !!
The Pink Footed Goose was back in the stubble field, 2 Sandwich Terns were lingering in The Swale.
An adult Peregrine Falcon spooked everything on the East flood with 1000's of waders all up at once.
The Spotted Redshank (ad winter), Golden Plover (151), Bar tailed Godwit (1),Knot (1) & Ruff (2) were all seen.
