http://rxwildlife.org.uk Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:30:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Highlights from checking the Little Egret roost at dusk and dawn, 33 Little Egret, Bittern, 5 Ruff, 3 Marsh Harrier, Kingfisher and a Chiffchaff. Highlight from the past few days on the Beach Reserve have included 4 Jack Snipe flushed from behind the Wader Pool. Flat Beach attracted 2800 Golden ... http://rxwildlife.org.uk/2008/11/21/rye-harbour-83/ The two Great Northern Diver are still on Long Pit, along with two Goldeneye and good numbers of Pochard, Tufted Duck and Wigeon. On Flat Beach, 1500+ Golden Plover, 500+ Lapwing and 14 Brent Goose were the highlights, while a Dartford Warbler was present in the bramble scrub to the ... http://rxwildlife.org.uk/2008/11/19/rye-harbour-sightings-163/ All the action on Flat Beach this morning, 2000 Golden Plover, 2 Ruff, 400 Lapwing, 23 Shelduck and 48 Brent Geese. The two Great Northern Divers were still present on Long Pit at 12pm. Also, the Pochard x Ferruginous Duck that frequented Long Pit last winter was again in amongst the ... http://rxwildlife.org.uk/2008/11/18/beach-reserve-123/ ... organised by the Friends of the Nature Reserve on Saturday 22nd November at the "Winchelsea Beach Community Hall was to be Kent's Wild, Wet Wilderness by Irene and John Palmer. HOWEVER, due to illness this has been changed to Seals of the World by Ian Rumley-Dawson. REMEMBER it starts at ... http://rxwildlife.org.uk/2008/11/18/kent%e2%80%99s-wild-wet-wilderness/ Monday 17 Two common cranes were seen flying over at about 9.30 this morning. They appeared to land between the reserve and Lydd. Watch this space for more news... Sunday 16 A male red-breasted merganser was on Burrowes pit and a Dartford warbler was seen at Denge Marsh. A common buzzard ... http://rxwildlife.org.uk/2008/11/17/rspb-dungeness-recent-sightings-12/ A first-winter male Ring-necked Duck was found in the Sussex section of Scotney Pit in the late afternoon yesterday. http://rxwildlife.org.uk/2008/11/17/scotney-pit-duck/ A good selection of birds at Castle Water yesterday highlights included, 900 Common Gull, 3 Ruff, 2 Long-eared Owl, 4 Tree Sparrow, 50 Redwing, 4 Fieldfare, 3 Bullfinch and a Marsh Harrier. Wildfowl were also present in good numbers, 234 Teal, 115 Shoveler, 79 Gadwall, 88 Tufted Duck, 54 Wigeon ... http://rxwildlife.org.uk/2008/11/17/castle-water-69/ Highlights this morning were a Bittern from the viewpoint early morning, and TWO Great Northern Diver on Long pit, along with two Goldeneye, 82 Tufted Duck and 76 Pochard. Still good numbers of Golden Plover on Flat Beach, with around 1500 this morning, along with 500+ Lapwing, while a Merlin ... http://rxwildlife.org.uk/2008/11/16/rye-harbour-sightings-162/ Following the RSPCA released Great Northern Diver at Rye Harbour reported earlier this week, I had a phone call yesterday from Brenda Holcombe to say she was watching TWO at the Long Pit. This morning they were briefly together... and we had wondered why the bird we had ... http://rxwildlife.org.uk/2008/11/16/unbelievable/ Highlights this morning, a Bittern gave flight views from the viewpoint at Castle Water, 1500 Golden Plover were roosting on Flat Beach. On Long Pit the released Great Northern Diver is still present along with 2 Goldeneye and good numbers of Tufted Duck,  Pochard and Great Crested Grebes. Yesterday ... http://rxwildlife.org.uk/2008/11/15/rye-harbour-82/