October 9th
This morning we walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and back along the Green Wall and railway embankment. Birds we saw included 16 Chiffchaffs, 3 Goldcrests, 17 Swallows moving W, 1 Kestrel, 1 Grey Heron, 72 Goldfinches, 4 Coot, 47 Cormorants, 58 Lapwings, 61 Linnets, 2 Little Egrets, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 36 Oystercatchers, 3 Turnstone, 10 Mallard, 1 Stonechat, 42 Carrion Crows, 5 Corn Buntings, 1 Greenshank, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Curlew, 1 Green Woodpecker and 3 Common Buzzards.
This afternoon Mark Chidwick had a Snow Bunting fly in off the sea at Plumpudding before it flew west along the beach.