Railway birding safari

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 Nightingale – and much more!

Great White Egret was one of the wetland birds seen from the train

Here's the full list:

1. Greylag Goose

2. Mute Swan

3. Egyptian Goose

4. Common Shelduck

5. Gadwall

6. Mallard

7. Common Pheasant

8. Stock Dove

9. Common Woodpigeon

10. Common Cuckoo

11. Common Moorhen

12. Eurasian Coot

13. Northern Lapwing

14. Common Greenshank

15. Black-headed Gull

16. European Herring Gull

17. Lesser Black-backed Gull

18. Great Cormorant

19. Great White Egret

20. Grey Heron

21. Western Marsh Harrier

22. Red Kite

23. Common Buzzard

24. Common Kestrel

25. Common Magpie

26. Eurasian Jackdaw

27. Rook

28. Carrion Crow

29. Eurasian Blue Tit

30. Great Tit

31. Common Reed Warbler

32. Barn Swallow

33. Western House Martin

34. Common Chiffchaff

35. Cetti's Warbler

36. Eurasian Blackcap

37. Garden Warbler

38. Common Whitethroat

39. Goldcrest

40. Eurasian Wren

41. Common Starling

42. Mistle Thrush

43. Song Thrush

44. Eurasian Blackbird

45. European Robin

46. Common Nightingale

47. Dunnock

48. House Sparrow

49. Grey Wagtail

50. Pied Wagtail

51. Common Chaffinch

52. European Greenfinch

53. Common Linnet

54. European Goldfinch

55. Yellowhammer

56. Common Reed Bunting