September 17th

This morning we spent ringing at Reculver where we saw 2 Green Woodpeckers, 20 Blackcaps, 18 Chiffchaffs, 4 Common Buzzards, 6 Long-tailed Tits 2 Common Sandpipers,2 Teal, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Ring-necked Parakeets, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Lapwing, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 2 Grey Wagtails, 2 Kestrels, 50 Swallows, 2 Jays, 1 Lesser Whitethroat and 70 House Martins.

Birds ringed 31: Chiffchaff 8, Long-tailed Tit 1, Blackcap 17, Robin 2, Great Tit 1, Blue Tit 1, Lesser Whitethroat 1.

First year Lesser Whitethroat

This afternoon we walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and sat on the beach for half an hour. Birds we saw included 1 Marsh Harrier, 6 Common Buzzards, 3 Kestrels, 8 Chiffchaffs, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Greenshank, 17 Redshank, 1 juvenile Knot, 29 Turnstone, 2 Gannets E, 8 Teal and 1 Cetti's Warbler.