Herne Bay Downs 2025 Year List
There have been 128 species recorded so far this year
1st January
1. Brent Goose
2. Shelduck
2. Shelduck
3. Feral Pigeon
4. Woodpigeon
5. Oystercatcher
6. Golden Plover
7. Redshank
8. Turnstone
9. Black headed Gull
10. Common Gull
11. Herring Gull
12. Great Black backed Gull
13. Great crested Grebe
14. Cormorant
15. Kestrel
16. Magpie
17. Carrion Crow
18. Blackbird
19. Robin
20. Pied Wagtail
21. Meadow Pipit
2nd January
22. White fronted Goose (New patch bird)
23. Wigeon
24. Pintail
25. Red throated Diver
26. House Sparrow
27. Collared Dove
28. Sanderling
29. Blue Tit
30. Great Tit
31. Skylark
32. Long tailed Tit
33. Stonechat
34. Rock Pipit
35. Chaffinch
5th January
36. Dunlin
37. Starling
38. Egyptian Goose (New patch bird)
11th January
39. Gannet
40. Goldcrest
41. Firecrest
42. Jay
43. Common Scoter
44. Wren
14th January
45. Ringed Plover (nocmig)
19th January
46. Redwing (nocmig)
9th February
47. Great Northern Diver
48. Sparrowhawk
5th March
49. Coot (nocmig)
50. Moorhen (nocmig)
51. Little Grebe (nocmig)
9th March
52. Grey Partridge
53. Cetti's Warbler
54. Pheasant
55. Jackdaw
56. Pochard
57. Canada Goose (New patch bird)
58. Fulmar
59. Kittiwake
60. Green Woodpecker
61. Peregrine
62. Chiffchaff
63. Song Thrush
64. Linnet
65. Goldfinch
66. Dunnock
67. Water Rail (nocmig)
68. Mediterranean Gull (nocmig)
15th March
69. Lesser Black backed Gull
17th March
70. Teal (nocmig)
20th March
71. Rook
72. Stock Dove
73. Mallard
22nd March
74. Mute Swan
75. Spoonbill (New patch bird)
76. Grey Heron
77. Common Buzzard
78. Sand Martin
79. Blackcap
80. Corn Bunting
23rd March
81. Curlew
82. Goosander
24th March
83. Wheatear
25th March
84. Greylag Goose (New patch bird)
85. Grey Plover
26th March
86. Little Egret
27th March
87. Fieldfare (nocmig)
29th March
88. Ring necked Parakeet
89. Willow Warbler
3rd April
90. Swallow
91. Great spotted Woodpecker
5th April
92. Eider
93. Sandwich Tern
8th April
94. Green Sandpiper (New patch bird)
95. Siskin
12th April
96. House Martin
97. Common Whitethroat
98. Marsh Harrier (New patch bird)
99. Black Redstart (New patch bird)
100. Whimbrel
101. Pied Flycatcher (New patch bird)
102. Wryneck (New patch bird
103. Little ringed Plover (Nocmig - 11th)
13th April
104. Avocet (nocmig)
14th April
105. Lesser Whitethroat
106. Yellow Wagtail
18th April
107. Grasshopper Warbler
21st April
108. Tree Pipit (New patch bird)
26th April
109. Common Sandpiper
110. Cuckoo
111. Red Kite
27th April
112. Osprey (New patch bird)
30th April
113. Ring Ouzel (nocmig)
1st May
114. Barn Owl (nocmig)
2nd May
115. Swift
3rd May
116. Whinchat
4th May
117. Little Tern (New patch bird)
7th June
118. Greenfinch
8th June
119. Common Tern
15th June
120. Reed Warbler
121. Common Crossbill (New patch bird)
21st June
122. Lapwing
30th June
123. Lesser Redpoll (nocmig)
11th July
124. Grey Wagtail
125. Greenshank (New patch bird)
19th July
126. Pomarine Skua
127. Kingfisher (New patch bird)
20th July
128. Sedge Warbler