August 22nd
With a cool breeze blowing from the west, this morning we walked along the seawall at Reculver. Birds we saw included 13 Cormorants, 10 Little Egrets, 1 Grey Heron W at sea, 57 Ringed Plovers roosting on the beach, 4 Turnstone, 2 Common Sandpipers, 10 Redshank, 1 Whimbrel W, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kingfishers, 12 Swallows W, 6 House Martins W, 4 Sand Martins W, 9 Pied Wagtails, 2 Wheatears, 2 Whinchats (164) and 4 Linnets.
Derek Smith was also out and birded Chamber's Wall where he saw 2 Common Buzzards, 25 Swallows, 30 Yellow Wagtails, 3 Lesser Whitethroats, 2 Blackcaps and 3 Willow Warblers.