August 31st

It certainly felt autumnal this morning as we walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and back along the Green Wall and railway embankment. We saw 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Mute Swans, 4 Chaffinches, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 1 Chiffchaff, 6 Whitethroats, 6 Reed Buntings, 18 Swallows feeding over the fields, 4 Goldfinches, 31 Linnets, 2 Kestrels, 5 Corn Buntings, 3 Redshank, 1 Pied Wagtail, 27 Mallard, 9 Oystercatchers, 12 Turnstone, 15 Ringed Plovers, 24 Sanderling, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls W and 56 Golden Plovers.

The White Poplars

Corn Bunting

During the afternoon Dave Smith found 3 Whinchats and 1 Clouded Yellow south of the Towers.