Herne Bay Downs 2026 Year List
There have been 122 species recorded so far this year
2nd January
1. Brent Goose
2. Grey Partridge
3. Woodpigeon
4. Collared Dove
5. Curlew
6. Redshank
7. Turnstone
8. Black headed Gull
9. Common Gull
10. Herring Gull
11. Great Black backed Gull
12. Cormorant
13. Sparrowhawk
14. Common Buzzard
15. Kestrel
16. Magpie
17. Carrion Crow
18. Blue Tit
19. Great Tit
20. Firecrest
21. Blackbird
22. Robin
23. Stonechat
24. House Sparrow
25. Rock Pipit
26. Chaffinch
3rd January
27. Teal
28. Common Scoter
29. Feral Pigeon
30. Snipe
31. Sanderling
32. Dunlin
33. Great crested Grebe
34. Red throated Diver
35. Peregrine
36. Starling
37. Black Redstart
4th January
38. Oystercatcher
39. Ringed Plover
40. Great spotted Woodpecker
41. Green Woodpecker
42. Skylark
43. Long tailed Tit
44. Song Thrush
45. Dunnock
46. Linnet
47. Golden Plover
10th January
48. Shelduck
49. Wigeon
50. Pintail
51. Gannet
52. Marsh Harrier
11th January
53. Tawny Owl (Nocmig)
54. Pheasant (Nocmig)
55. Lapwing
56. Woodcock
57. Gadwall
58. Pochard
59. Wren
60. Pied Wagtail
17th January
61. Grey Wagtail
62. Stock Dove
63. Jay
64. Goldcrest
65. White fronted Geese (Nocmig)
18th January
66. Egyptian Goose
67. Grey Plover
68. Jackdaw
69. Cetti's Warbler
70. Meadow Pipit
71. Goldfinch
72. Siskin
24th January
73. Kittiwake
74. Great Northern Diver
75. Little Egret
25th January
76. Fulmar
77. Rook
78. Velvet Scoter
79. Little Gull
27th January
80. Moorhen (Nocmig)
28th January
81. Coot (Nocmig)
7th February
82. Red breasted Merganser
83. Mute Swan
84. Mallard
85. Raven
8th February
86. Grey Heron
14th February
87. Mediterranean Gull
22nd February
88. Lesser Black backed Gull
25th February
89. Redwing (Nocmig)
28th February
90. Chiffchaff
14th March
91. Greylag Goose
21st March
92. Blackcap
93. Water Rail (Nocmig)
1st April
94. Sand Martin
7th April
95. Nightingale (New Patch Bird)
96. Common Redstart
97. Sedge Warbler
8th April
98. Willow Warbler
99. Common Whitethroat
100. Brambling
11th April
101. Cuckoo
102. Swallow
14th April
103. Sandwich Tern
104. Greenfinch
16th April
105. Whimbrel
106. House Martin
107. Yellow Wagtail
17th April
108. Greenshank
109. Wheatear
110. Redpoll
18th April
111. Lesser Whitethroat
112. Corn Bunting
25th April
113. Arctic Skua
114. Fieldfare
27th April
115. Swift
1st May
116. NIGHT HERON (Nocmig) *
2nd May
117. Hobby
118. Tree Pipit
3rd May
119. Grasshopper Warbler
120. Common Sandpiper
4th May
121. Reed Warbler
122. Garden Warbler