August 27th
We spent the morning ringing at Shuart where we saw 2 Greylag Geese, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Marsh Harriers, 1 Hobby, 4 Kestrels, 4 Red-legged Partridges, 1 Golden Plover, 4 Green Sandpipers, 1 Greenshank, 1 Snipe, 4 Ring-necked Parakeets, 3 Green Woodpeckers, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 20 Swallows, 9 Yellow Wagtails, 12 Reed Warblers, 4 Sedge Warblers, 10 Whitethroats, 1 Blackcap, 2 Willow Warblers, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Spotted Flycatcher and 24 Linnets.
This afternoon Matt walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and recorded 15 Common Scoter E, 1 Grey Heron, 5 Little Egrets, 1 Kestrel, 29 Ringed Plovers, 4 Turnstone, 1 Green Sandpiper, 8 Common Terns, 60 Sand Martins, 4 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Wheatears, 1 Whinchat, 2 Sedge Warblers, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroats, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler and 1 Pied Flycatcher (167th).
Micky Baldock also found a Pied Flycatcher this afternoon in Bishopstone Glen.