September 4th

We spent the mornng ringing at Reculver where we saw 2 Common Buzzards, 2 Jays, 3 Cetti's Warblers, 25 Blackcaps, 3 Chiffchaffs, 42 Coot, 39 Mallard, 5 Gadwall, 5 Teal, 4 Common Sandpipers, 3 Little Grebes, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Grey Wagtails W, 30 Linnets, 1 Dunlin, 3 Tufted Duck, 2 Grey Partridges, 3 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Robins, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Corn Buntings, 1 Hobby, 1 Grey Heron, 11 Swallows, 1 Green Woodpecker, 12 Long-tailed Tits and 1 Sparrowhawk.

Birds ringed 41: Wren 4, Chiffchaff 3, Long-tailed Tit 3, Blackcap 19, Reed Warbler 2, Robin 2, Cetti's Warbler 2, Linnet 1, Whitethroat 1, Goldfinch 1, Reed Bunting 1, Blackbird 2.

Yesterday I received information about a juvenile Reed Warbler we ringed at Reculver on August 12th. It was controlled at Sandwich Bay on 17th August a distance of 17km SE of Reculver.