Autumn is a favourite time of year of mine and I've been enjoying getting out in the field over the course of the last couple of weeks. Wader movement has started, with Wood, Green and Common Sandpipers, and Common Snipe, among the species showing up on local wetlands. Even a Pectoral Sandpiper dropped in, though that unfortunately wasn't my find. juvenile Common Sandpiper However, it has been passerines that have been most exciting in these early stages of autumn movement so

Wildstarts founder David Campbell has become the Editor of Birdwatch magazine! This is the esteemed monthly magazine for birders keen to sharpen their skills and learn more about birds. This means he has reduced his duties as a guide, but the tours are in excellent hands with the wider Wildstarts team. David is still the point of contact for arranging tours and continues to offer short personal tours in East Sussex. David is able to directly offer Wildstarts guests and fo

This morning we recorded 56 species of bird during our morning birding safari for Kent and East Sussex Railway. This is a unique way to experience the birds and other wildlife of this fantastic biodiversity corridor on the border between the two counties. Highlights included a migrant Common Greenshank, a showy Great White Egret, a Common Cuckoo that let everyone look at it through the scope, displaying Northern Lapwings, quartering Western Marsh Harriers and a singing Common

Now is a great time to search for more specialised woodland species such as Eurasian Goshawk and Lesser Spotted Woodpecker on fine sunny days. Eurasian Goshawk is doing very well now in Sussex and Kent, with dozens of breeding pairs. Immatures, such as the female in the photograph below, are identifiable by the thick streaks on their underside. These younger birds roam more widely and can be found unexpectedly in seemingly random areas of farmland and wooded shaws.

Wildstarts is delighted to announce the launch of our private birding tours in Kent , one of the most exciting counties in England for birdwatching. Often called the 'Garden of England', Kent sits at the south-eastern corner of Britain, where the country meets continental Europe across the Channel. That geography makes it a magnet for birds. Migration funnels through the county each spring and autumn, vast winter flocks fill its estuaries and marshes, and a rich selection of