August 7th
On a hot and humid morning we walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and saw 13 Goldfinches, 6 Whitethroats, 1 Chiffchaff, 69 Linnets, 4 Mallard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Mute Swans, 17 Little Egrets, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 4 Redshank, 2 Dunlin, 4 Golden Plovers, 4 Sandwich Terns, 14 Turnstone, 18 Common Terns W, 21 Ringed Plovers, 11 Meadow Pipits, 3 Teal, 2 Common Sandpipers, 12 Skylarks, 8 Sedge Warblers, 10 Reed Warblers, 2 Jays, 1 Green Woodpecker and 2 Turtle Doves.
Marc Heath was also out this morning between 0530 and 0945 and walked from Chamber's Wall to the seawall and on to the Oyster Farm. He saw 2 Turtle Doves, 2 Green Sandpipers, 3 Snipe, 31 Whitethroats, 7 Yellow Wagtails, 5 Sedge Warblers, 10 Reed Warblers, 2 Lesser Whitethroats, 1 Willow Warbler, 5 Grey Partridges, 2 Marsh Harriers, 3 Corn Buntings, 30 Sand Martins, 6 Skylarks, 19 Little Egrets, 5 Redshank, 4 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Teal, 3 Oystercatchers, 1 Wheatear and 4 Turnstone.

Today I received an interesting recovery of a juvenile Great Tit we ringed at Shuart on 2nd June 2014. It was found as a road casualty in Worcester 258 km WNW on 13th July 2018. An unexpected movement for what is almost certainly a locally bred bird.