October 28th

This morning we walked from Reculver to Coldharbour and back and recorded 1 Common Buzzard, 3 Kestrels, 3 Pied Wagtails, 26 Meadow Pipits, 2 Little Egrets, 46 Redshank, 1 Red-throated Diver, 43 Turnstone, 1 Merlin, 1 Corn Bunting, 4 Goldfinches, 1 Rock Pipit, 3 Cetti's Warblers, 2 Grey Plovers, 44 Ringed Plovers, 26 Sanderling, 44 Carrion Crows, 1 Chiffchaff and 1 House Martin.

Grey Plover

This morning Matt walked from Reculver to Plumpudding and back along the railway embankment. He counted 1 Mediterranean Gull, 36 Gannets feeding offshore, 2 Little Egrets, 122 Turnstone, 73 Ringed Plovers, 6 Rock Pipits, 10 Stonechats, 4 Kestrels, 1 Wheatear, 1 Kingfisher, 15 Grey Plovers, 51 Redshank, 195 Sanderling, 1 adult Peregrine, 22 Skylarks, 7 Cetti's Warblers, 2 Bearded Tits, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Grey Wagtail flying W, 18 Curlews, 100 Oystercatchers, 12 alba Wagtails, 18 Corn Buntings, 1 Greenfinch, 1 ring-tailed Hen Harrier, 2 Siskins flying W, 58 Lapwings, 2 Little Grebes, 1 Common Buzzard, 4 Crossbills flying W, 3 Coot, 55 Golden Plovers, 12 Swallows flying W and 16 Robins.

Today we received information concerning two ringed birds. The first was a adult male Lesser Redpoll we caught yesterday that had been ringed at Brandon, Norfolk on the 8th March 2019. It had moved 129 km SSE to reach Reculver Marshes. The second bird was a juvenile Great Tit we ringed on Reculver Marshes on 12th July that was controlled at Gazen Salts Nature Reserve, Sandwich on 23rd October a distance of 13 km SE.