August 13th
On a quieter and chillier morning we walked from Reculver to Coldharbour and saw 1 Little Owl, 75 Linnets, 1 Pied Wagtail, 5 Redshank, 2 Wheatears, 4 Little Egrets, 7 Yellow Wagtails, 11 Cormorants, 2 Dunlin, 1 Grey Heron, 16 Knot W, 4 Whitethroats, 15 Ringed Plovers, 9 Turnstone, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Mediterranean Gull W and 23 Swifts W.
We also found 7 Wall Browns and 4 Painted Ladies on the Roman walls.

Northern Wheatear

Wall Brown

Marc Heath was out early again this morning and walked from Reculver to Chamber's Wall recording 1 Willow Warbler, 7 Common Sandpipers, 3 Little Owls, 4 Redshank, 4 Little Egrets, 50 Linnets, 3 Grey Herons, 4 Sand Martins, 1 Swallow, 23 Ringed Plovers, 11 Yellow Wagtails, 18 Turnstone, 3 Oystercatchers, 3 Green Sandpipers, 4 Mediterranean Gulls W, 1 Kestrel, 2 Corn Buntings, 14 Whitethroats, 1 Stonechat, 2 Whimbrel, 3 Reed Buntings, 6 Sandwich Terns, 7 Reed Warblers, 2 Sedge Warblers, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Hobby, 10 Mute Swans, 9 Common Terns, 2 Shelduck, 1 Wheatear, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Dunlin and 16 Knot W.
He also saw 5 Wall Browns and 8 Painted Ladies.

Last evening I received an email from Antonio Fernandez Cordeiro of Ringing Group ANDURINA in Spain telling me about the colour ringed Golden Plover I saw on the beach at Reculver on July 21st. It had been picked up with an injured wing at Monte Coirego, Carballedo, Cerdedo-Cotobade, Pontevedra, SPAIN on 8th May 2019 and was taken into care where it had four stitches put in its wing. It recovered well and was colour ringed before being released on May 22nd when it flew away strongly. Reculver is 1,228 km NE of Monte Coirego.