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Keith Ross @ramsgatebirds.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

We watched a large gathering of Swallows at Sandwich yesterday. 🙂

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Andrew Lipczyński @andrewlipczynski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

First decent autumnal movement of Dark-bellied Brent Geese at Sandwich/Pegwell Bay @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social. From 08.55-11.25, 1600+ N mid/offshore up channel plus coming in/N through the Thanet (300MW/100 turbine) Array in a SW breeze then after resting/reorientating 285S inshore. #KentBirding

Dark-bellied Brent Geese moving N through Sandwich Bay into Pegwell Bay with the Thanet Array wind farm in the background

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sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Our last Moth Night of the year is this Saturday 10th October at 4:30pm (note the earlier time). It's free to come along, chat with local experts, see what species have been caught recently.

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sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

An update this morning, only one half of the road is closed so you can access through to Sandwich Bay all fine.

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sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Please note that roadworks are due to begin along Sandown Rd tomorrow and access to Sandwich Bay from Sandwich Town may be difficult. It is unclear at the moment if there will be a full road closure or just one lane.

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Dawn Balmer @debalmer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You can check out Nutcracker and hundreds of other species on the amazing Eurobirdportal. Here are counts of Nutcracker. You can change species by clicking on 'new data' and updating visualisation. Also counts/occurences. #BirdTrack data feeds in nightly www.eurobirdportal.org/ebp/en/#home...

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sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We would love to see you all tomorrow (Sunday 27th) for the annual Big Bird Migration Day. There will be walks and talks to attend, crafts and optics to peruse, food and drink to consume, and lots of great wildlife to see.

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Keith Ross @ramsgatebirds.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Red-throated diver was pretty close to #Ramsgate westcliff at high tide yesterday morning. It must have drifted into #Pegwell Bay as I picked it up again at the mouth of the river at the nature reserve later on. 🙂 #Kentbirding

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Chris van Swaay @chrisvanswaay.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026

This is most probably C hyale, which is a highly mobile migrant species from C Europe. Adults cannot be distinguished from C alfacariensis. However that seems to be a sedentary species from calcareous grassland with Hippocrepis, hardly known from outside its habitat patches.

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sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A closer look at a presumed helice Clouded Yellow (C.crocea) from the Sandwich Bay Estate yesterday. Restricted black on trailing edge of hindwing, pale submarginal spots not encircled in black, and washed out yellow ground colour look good for Pale/Berger's Clouded Yellow (C.hyale/alfacariensis)?

Clouded Yellow butterfly species in flight

Clouded Yellow butterfly species on flower

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Kent Wildlife Trust @kentwildlife.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

National Grid has rerouted a £430m cable to avoid Dobby’s memorial. Why can’t they find another route for Sea Link to avoid the irreplaceable, internationally protected habitats of Pegwell Bay & Minster Marshes? kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/campaigns/rethink-sea-link

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Fin Roe @finroe.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Always great stuff at Sandwich Bay, good day when you get a new spider. 1. Haplodrassus dalmatensis - NS/BAP 2. Sharp Rush - NS 3. Marram Grass Chelifer 4. Moss Carder - BAP 5. Sand Running Spider - NR 6. Bombadier Beetle - NS

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Adam Marek @adammarek.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

So thrilled to finally see a dotterel, and in Kent. Thank goodness for all the more skilled birders who arrived at sandwich bay two hours after I started looking, found it in a few mins and put me onto it. 🙏

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Nige Jarman @nigej.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Dotterel on the beach @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social this afternoon.

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Nige Jarman @nigej.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Smart Curlew Sandpiper at Restharrow @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social this afternoon.

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Keith Ross @ramsgatebirds.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Lots a Willow warblers, Chiffchaffs and Long-tailed tits in the Pegwell bushes. 🙂

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Icelass @icelass.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

My eye was drawn to this pretty flower …. @obsidentify.bsky.social tells me it’s Viper’s Bugloss … complete with the caterpillar of the Ethmia bipunctella moth. They were everywhere today I kept finding them all over my trousers too 🤷🏻‍♀️ @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social @themarshtit.bsky.social

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Icelass @icelass.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A beautiful Clouded Yellow butterfly 🦋 at Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory today. A first for me, there were a few about, not easy to get a shot of one! @savebutterflies.bsky.social @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social

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sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Presumed same bird re-appeared. Mobile and elusive is an understatement.

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Andrew Lipczyński @andrewlipczynski.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Well they do say good things come in threes & so it was again this time @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social moffice. Passenger was new for recording area after a near miss in Sandwich Aug 2019, Cosmopolitan was only 2nd after one Aug 2011 while Barred Hook-tip was 4th after 2 in Sept 82 & Sept 92 #teammoth

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Andrew Lipczyński @andrewlipczynski.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

A rare 3 Skua day @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social. A dainty dark morph juv Long-tailed Skua getting as good as it gave, then 3 Arctics one of which pursued Sarnies over the shore. In the afternoon, a dark Pomarine barrelled thru. Back at base a Kind of Blue moff here in Birdland #TeamMoth #KentBirding

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Andrew Lipczyński @andrewlipczynski.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Painted Lady still on the wing @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social - well, just about. It's been a long hot summer and I too am feeling a bit frayed around the edges. @savebutterflies.bsky.social #KentNature

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sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A good spot by Jonny of a colour ringed Wood Sandpiper on Backsand Scrape at the weekend. The bird had been ringed nine days previously 875km away in Norway.

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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 27/08/2026

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sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Please note that annual maintenance work will occur on Restharrow Scrape every Monday and Thursday morning for the next few weeks. Expect disturbance during those times.

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Andrew Lipczyński @andrewlipczynski.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Lesser Crested Tern, Pegwell Bay, August 22nd 1996. First for @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social and second for Kent following first at @dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social 6th May 1989 both presumed to be the bird that frequented the Farnes. High time for another #KentBirding but will settle for a Sooty 🙏

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sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Juvenile Red-backed Shrike near Roaring Gutter on RSPB Worth Marshes.

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Martyn Wilson @martynwilson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Stone-curlew on mud at Pegwell Bay this afternoon. @rarebirder.bsky.social #kentbirding #ukbirding

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sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

A big thank you to Grace who is undertaking a 5km swim in September to raise money for SBBOT. To view her fundraising so far and to donate please click justgiving.com/page/grace-r-1

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Grace's fundraiser for Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust

Help Grace R raise money to support Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust

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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

There’s still time for students, teachers and parents to be part of the consultation on the proposed subject content for the Natural History GCSE. Have your say 👉 consult.education.gov.uk/gcse-and-a-l...

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GCSE natural history proposed subject content - Department for Education - Citizen Space

Find and participate in consultations run by the Department for Education

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Graeme Lyons @graemelyons.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I recorded my 10,000th species on Thursday at @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social. Here's the full story... analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2026/08/i-sa...

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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Using a camera to learn more about the moult of waders/shorebirds: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/m... #ukbirding

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sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

All welcome at our free Moth Night tomorrow (Saturday August 8th) at 6:30pm.

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sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Thank you to River Runner and everyone who came on the boat trips to monitor the Common Sandpipers along the River Stour into Pegwell Bay. Bonus Red-rumped Swallow, Yellow-legged Gull, thousands of Mediterranean Gulls, and lots of other waders.

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Dave Grundy @davegrundy.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Wow - 249 species is an impressive total - more people should go and stay at @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social - great accommodation with excellent moths!

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The White Falcon @markgolley.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

We've finally managed to finish all of our mothy paperwork from our last trip to @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social earlier this month. Across our week (& a bit) we recorded a sizeable 3429 moths of 249 species. So many highlights from so many great mothing nights. @linnetincley.bsky.social #cmoontheroad

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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

There are three white butterflies to spot in the #BigButterflyCount: Large White, Small White and Green-veined White 👀 All of which are hard to identify when flying, but if you manage to see one land, use this handy guide to help you.

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sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Today we at SBBOT were very sad to hear that our President for half a century, Bill Oddie, has passed away. He supported us in so many ways across the years as we have grown and developed. We send our condolences to his family.

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Andrew Lipczyński @andrewlipczynski.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Last year at Sandwich Bay, there was a 2nd emergence of Scarce Blue-tailed Damsels in mid-July peaking at 12+ on 19th & 14+ on 30th. This year there've been no July sightings (I think) until today. Maybe the heat-wave is to blame🤔. It's certainly impacted the anisoptera which are noticeably scarce.

Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly, Small Bluetail, Ischnura pumilio, male, sheltering in vegetation close to the Dragonfly Pond, Sandwich Bay

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Keith Ross @ramsgatebirds.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The highlight of todays walk was when two Spoonbills flew in on the incoming tide as I was heading home from #Pegwell. 🙂 📷🌤️💚👍#summer #wildlife #kentbirding

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sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Pectoral Sandpiper still present this morning.

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sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The first Wood Warbler of autumn ringed this morning.

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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Eryngium maritime growing just above the high tide line at Sandwich Bay for #wildflowerhour

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