September 25th
Although cloudy, the rain held off this morning as we walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour via the Green Wall. We saw 23 Chiffchaffs, 4 Chaffinches, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 2 Kestrels, 48 Linnets, 1 Green Woodpecker, 7 Mallard, 3 Wigeon, 1 Willow Warbler, 22 Goldfinches, 2 Mute Swans, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Tree Sparrows, 1 Grey Heron, 10 Reed Buntings, 60 House Sparrows, 16 Oystercatchers, 1 Redshank, 3 Gannets E, 4 Little Egrets, 1 Mediterranean Gull W, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Sandwich Terns, 2 Snipe, 8 Skylarks, 2 Common Buzzards and 1 Golden Plover.
David and June Elliott took an afternoon walk from Chambers Wall to Coldharbour and recorded 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Kestrels, 1 Common Buzzard still lots of Chiffchaff and best of all a Common Redstart.