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Bumper migration of wading birds at Oare Marshes
25/09/2013 in Kent Wildlife Trust | Tags: autumn, bird watching, bonepartes gull, climate, conservation, dunlin, early autumn, environment, habitat, kent, kwt, loss, marsh, migrating, migration, natural, nature, oare marshes, Protection, sandpiper, saved, trust, wading birds, wetland, wildlife, wryneck | Leave a comment
Late summer and early autumn at Oare Marshes have seen huge numbers of wading birds passing through on their annual migration to over-wintering locations.
During August and September counts in excess of 2,000 black-tailed godwit, 750 redshank, 150 dunlin,100 ringed plover, 200 golden plover and 50 curlew sandpipers have been recorded – the highest count of the latter for many years. Read More
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