Bearded Tit at Nickolls Quarry
(Brian Harper)
Yellow Wagtail at Donkey Street
(Brian Harper)
Reed Bunting at Donkey Street
(Brian Harper)
Red Kite at Beachborough Lakes
(Steve Tomlinson)
Chocolate-tip at Seabrook
(Paul Howe)
Gravitarmata margarotana at Seabrook (Paul Howe)
Pine Beauty at Hythe
(Ian Roberts)
Italian Wall Lizard at Folk. Warren
(Jacques Turner-Moss)
Red Kite at Samphire Hoe
(Ian Roberts)
Wheatear at Samphire Hoe
(Ian Roberts)
White-pinion Spotted at Seabrook
(Paul Howe)
The Mullein at Horn Street
(Paul Howe)
Pammene giganteana at Seabrook
(Paul Howe)
Water Carpet at Horn Street
(Paul Howe)
19th - A Serin reported singing near Folkestone Harbour (per Birdguides). A Black-necked Grebe off Mill Point (Brian Harper). A Ring Ouzel and a Whitethroat at Samphire Hoe, where 2 Red Kites flew west and an Arctic Skua and 4 Little Gulls flew east (Steve Cutt / Ian Roberts). A Whitethroat, a Lesser Whitethroat and 2 Swallows at Abbotscliffe, where an Arctic Skua flew east (Mark Varley). A Yellow Wagtail, a Swallow and a Little Owl at Church Hougham (Mark Kennett). A Ring Ouzel and a Red Kite flew over Beachborough Lakes (Steve Tomlinson).
There were several additions to the moth year list including Water Carpet and Purple Thorn at both Heane Wood and Seabrook, Early Tooth-striped at the former site (Ian Roberts) and Phyllonorycter sorbi (Rowan Midget), Agonopterix propinquella (Black-spot Flat-body) and The Herald at the latter (Paul Howe). Green Hairstreak at Abbotscliffe was new for the year (Mark Varley).
18th - A Red Kite flew over Saltwood (Bryn Green). 2 Arctic Skuas, 4 Shelduck and 110 Common Scoter flew past Folkestone Pier, where a Swallow arrived in off (Mark Varley). The first two Swifts of the year were seen over Sandling Station (Kate Featherbe).
Scorched Carpet at Horn Street and Large White and Lunar Marbled Brown at Seabrook were new for the year (Paul Howe).
17th - 2 Arctic Skuas and 9 Great Skuas flew east past Samphire Hoe, also a Little Grebe and a Wheatear there (Ian Roberts / Geoff Burton / Phil Smith). A Whimbrel flew east past Mill Point (Brian Harper). A Cuckoo, a Sedge Warbler and a Cetti's Warbler at Nickolls Quarry (Geoff Cooke).
A Clouded Yellow at Samphire Hoe (Phil Smith). Caloptilia falconipennella (Scarce Alder Slender) and Digitivalva pulicariae (Fleabane Smudge) at Horn Street were new for the year (Paul Howe). A Harbour Porpoise at Samphire Hoe (Ian Roberts).
Painted Lady at Folkestone Escarpment (Alfie Gay)
Lead-coloured Drab at Seabrook (Paul Howe)
Shovelers at Beachborough Lakes (Steve Tomlinson)
Little Owl at Hythe Roughs (Brian Harper: www.brizey.co.uk)
16th - The first Cuckoo of the year and a Reed Warbler at Nickolls Quarry and 2 Wheatears at Princes Parade (Brian Harper / Jamie Tomsett). A Little Gull and a Little Egret flew past Samphire Hoe, also a Wheatear there and a Yellow Wagtail and 2 Swallows arrived in off the sea (Mark Kennett / Steve Cutt / Ian Roberts). A Raven flew over Saltwood (Paul Howe).
A Lead-coloured Drab (the first area record since 2015) and an Angle Shades at Seabrook and an Orange-tip at Saltwood (Paul Howe). A Common Heath at Cheriton Hill and the first Painted Lady of the year, a Comma, 2 Small Tortoiseshells, 2 Green-veined White and 3 Peacocks at Folkestone Escarpment (Alfie Gay).
15th - A Long-tailed Duck, a Great Northern Diver, 5 Black-necked Grebes, a Mute Swan, a Greylag Goose, 2 Shovelers, 2 Red-breasted Mergansers, 7 Oystercatchers, 170 Brent Geese and 650 Common Scoter passed Samphire Hoe, also 2 Wheatears, 2 Yellow Wagtails and 3 Swallows there (Steve Cutt / Martin Collins / Barry Woolhouse / Paul Holt / Ian Roberts). A Great White Egret, a Little Egret and 2 Common Sandpipers at Botolph's Bridge (Brian Harper). 2 Red Kites flew over Folkestone Warren (Dale Gibson).
The V-Pug and Agonopterix arenella (Brindled Flat-body) at Seabrook were new for the year (Paul Howe).
Great White Egret at Botolph's Bridge (Brian Harper)
Black-necked Grebes at Princes Parade (Brian Harper)
Long-eared Owl at Samphire Hoe (Phil Smith)
Tree Pipit at Nickolls Quarry (Brian Harper)
Pine Beauty at Seabrook
(Paul Howe)
14th – A Willow Warbler, a Whitethroat, a Lesser
Whitethroat, a Firecrest, a Marsh Harrier and a Green Sandpiper at Botolph’s
Bridge and a Yellow Wagtail at Donkey Street (Brian Harper). A Garden Warbler
and a Willow Warbler at Nickolls Quarry (Roger Norman). A Ring Ouzel at
Samphire Hoe (Paul Holt).
13th - 2 Black-necked Grebes off Princes Parade, also a Firecrest there, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Green Sandpiper, a Red-legged Partridge and 43 Stock Doves at Botolph’s Bridge and a Snipe and a Little Owl at Hythe Roughs (Brian Harper). 2 Slavonian Grebes off Folkestone Beach, to the west of the pier (O. Leyshon). A Lesser Whitethroat at Abbotscliffe (Mark Varley).
12th - 3 Slavonian Grebes, a Wheatear, 2 White Wagtails, 2 Redwings, 10 Whimbrel and 54 Gannets at Samphire Hoe (Steve Cutt). A Common Sandpiper, a Red-breasted Merganser, a Tufted Duck and 2 Shoveler at Hythe Ranges, 2 House Martins, 3 Sand Martins and 48 Swallows at Nickolls Quarry, a Jack Snipe, a Wheatear, a Gadwall and 27 Stock Doves at Donkey Street, 3 Purple Sandpipers at Hythe Redoubt, a Marsh Tit and 2 Nuthatch at Bargrove Wood and a Little Egret and 2 Brent Geese at the Willop Basin (Brian Harper). A House Martin, a Shoveler, a Water Rail, 5 Blackcaps, 6 Chiffchaffs, 7 Swallows and 39 Meadow Pipits at Beachborough Lakes (Steve Tomlinson). 10 Redwings and 19 Fieldfares at Church Hougham (Mark Kennett).
Pale Pinion and Agonopterix alstromeriana (Brown-spot Flat-body) at Seabrook were new for the year (Paul Howe).
11th - The first Reed Warbler and 2 Snipe at Botolph’s Bridge and a Sand Martin at Nickolls Quarry (Brian Harper). A Brambling, 2 Water Rails, 2 Redwings and 5 Shoveler at Beachborough Lakes (Steve Tomlinson).
Pine Beauty, The Streamer, Swallow Prominent, Nut-tree Tussock, Parornix anglicella (Hawthorn Slender) and Alucita hexadactyla (Twenty-plume Moth) at Seabrook were new for the year (Paul Howe).
10th - A Long-eared Owl at Samphire Hoe (Phil Smith / Paul Holt). A Jack Snipe at Donkey Street, a Green Sandpiper and a Peregrine at Botolph’s Bridge and 5 Siskins along the canal at Palmarsh (Brian Harper).
The first Small White of the year at Seabrook (Paul Howe).
9th - A Great Northern Diver on the sea between Sandgate and Seabrook (Neil Frampton). A Short-eared Owl, a Black-throated Diver, a Wheatear, 2 Swallows and 25 Sandwich Terns at Samphire Hoe (Steve Cutt). A Snipe, 2 Pochard, 3 Sand Martins and 38 Swallows at Nickolls Quarry, a Green Sandpiper at Botolph’s Bridge, a Firecrest at Folks’ Wood and a Marsh Tit and 2 Redwings at Bargrove Wood (Brian Harper). 2 Swallows flew east at Seabrook (Paul Howe).
Powdered Quaker at Seabrook was new for the year (Paul Howe). 4 Harbour Porpoises off Hythe (Sean McMinn).
8th - A Ring Ouzel, a Black Redstart and a Swallow at Creteway Down (Dale Gibson). A drake Red-breasted Merganser at Battery Point, a Wheatear at Hythe Ranges and 2 Swallows at Nickolls Quarry (Brian Harper). A Swallow at Seabrook (Paul Howe).
A Barred Tooth-striped at Folkestone Warren (Fred Butcher / Tony Rouse).
7th - A Tree Pipit and a Swallow at Nickolls Quarry (Brian Harper).
Shoulder
Stripe, Brindled
Pug and Zelleria
hepariella (Brown Ash Ermel) at Seabrook were new for the year (Paul Howe).
Short-eared Owl at Samphire Hoe (Martin Collins)
Firecrest at Samphire Hoe (Martin Collins)
The 2017 Folkestone & Hythe Bird Report is available as a free download (click on the link to open).
