August 9th

On a sunny morning with a pleasant westerly breeze blowing we walked from Reculver to Coldharbour and back. We saw 28 Linnets, 1 Green Woodpecker, 18 Ringed Plovers, 2 Stonechats, 2 Goldfinches, 4 Great Black-backed Gulls, 31 Sandwich Terns, 5 Turnstone, 1 Shelduck, 18 Oystercatchers, 1 Common Tern, 3 Swallows W, 1 Little Egret and 1 Whimbrel flying inland and calling. At the Roman walls at Reculver we also saw 4 Wall Browns and 2 Hummingbird Hawk Moths.

Wall Brown