August 10th

On a warm and sunny morning we walked along the seawall from Reculver and saw 2 Goldfinches, 10 Cormorants, 4 Meadow Pipits, 7 Little Egrets, 14 Stonechats, 18 Linnets, 3 Swallows W, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 4 Corn Buntings, 3 Turnstones, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Mallard, 5 Ringed Plovers, 6 Whitethroats, 5 Sedge Warblers and 1 Grey Heron. We also found 2 Clouded Yellows.

Clouded Yellow

 

Dave Smith was also out this morning and from 0530 walked from Shuart to Coldharbour and Chamber's Wall. He saw 1 Shelduck, 2 Golden Plovers, 31 Lapwings, 3 Whimbrel, 2 Common Sandpipers, 2 Redshank, 25 Turntone, 1 Sanderling, 1 Dunlin, 2 Great Black-backed Gulls, 2 Sandwich Terns, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 juvenile Marsh Harriers, 1 Barn Owl, 5 Green Woodpeckers, 2 Kestrels, 1 Hobby, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 5 Willow Warblers, 9 Chiffchaffs, 1 Blackcap, 5 Lesser Whitethroats, 15 Whitethoats, 1 Stonechat and 3 YellowWagtails.