Saturday 12 September 2015

September 12th
We were in the wrong place this morning because Derek Smith walked from Shuart to Plumpudding and saw 2 Firecrests, 1 Wryneck (177th), 1 Dotterel flying E (178th) and 1 Common Redstart.
We walked the Chamber's Wall/Coldharbour/Green Wall loop in increasingly windy and wet conditions and recorded 2 Chiffchaffs, 48 Siskins W, 14 Linnets, 1 Golden Plover, 2 Blackcap, 77 Swallows W, 3 Reed Buntings, 3 Redshank, 16 Oystercatchers, 3 Wheatears, 1 Little Egret, 35 Mallard, 7 Cormorants, 12 Dark-bellied Brent Geese W, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Kestrels and 1 Whitethroat.  
Micky Baldock also had a Dotterel flying W over the cliffs at Reculver which is likely to have been the same bird Derek saw earlier.

Reed Bunting

The full list of Derek's birds seen between Shuart and Plumpudding and on the railway embankment and Brooksend between 0630 and 11000 was as follows: 2 Common Buzzards, 4 Kestrels, 2 Sparrowhawks, 2 Sandwich Terns E, 1 Dotterel E, 800 Swallows W, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Grey Wagtails W, 1 Wryneck at the Stables, 5 Wheatears, 2 Common Redstarts, 14 Blackcaps, 6 Whitethroats, 4 Lesser Whitethroats, 1 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warblers, 3 Willow Warblers, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 9 Goldcrests, 2 Firecrests, 30 Long-tailed Tits and 364 Siskins W.

Wryneck - Derek Smith

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