Tuesday 11 August 2015

August 11th
On a still and overcast morning with spits and spots of rain falling we walked from Reculver to Coldharbour. Birds we saw included 2 Black Redstarts at the Towers, 5 Pied Wagtails, 30 Linnets, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 33 Swallows W, 31 Sand Martins W, 7 Little Egrets, 7 Cormorants, 1 Little Owl, 1 Common Sandpiper, 10 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Grey Herons, 7 Redshank, 20 Turnstone, 88 Ringed Plovers, 26 Sanderling, 14 Dunlin, 12 Oystercatchers and 7 Shelduck.
Marc Heath was also out this morning and in addition to what we saw recorded 2 Whinchats, 2 Wheatears and 1 juvenile Mediterranean Gull.


Sanderling, Ringed Plover and Dunlin

Matt walked around the Oyster Farm this evening and saw 1 Greenshank, 4 Green Sandpipers, 3 Common Sandpipers, 16 Dunlin, 10 Redshank, 4 Little Egrets, 1 Grey Heron and 6 juvenile Mediterranean Gulls.

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