September 18th
With a strong SW wind blowing this morning as we walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour there was a strong westerly movement of hirundines. In one hour we counted 600 House Martins, 28 Swallows and 3 Sand Martins. Other birds we saw included 1 Green Woodpecker, 17 Chiffchaffs, 1 Blackcap, 1 Stonechat, 42 Mallard, 1 Common Tern, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Little Egrets, 7 Turnstone, 3 Redshank, 4 Sandwich Terns, 1 Greenshank, a tight flock of 17 Little Terns flying W, 9 Oystercatchers, 12 Linnets, 1 Kestrel and a flock of 19 Knot flying W.