September 7th

It was another glorious September morning as we walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and on to the Oyster Farm. We recorded 14 Chiffchaffs, 7 Blackcaps, 9 Robins, 6 Chaffinches, 111 Linnets, 59 Swallows W, 23 House Martins W, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Cetti's Warblers, 3 Kestrels, 2 Reed Warblers, 13 Goldfinches, 8 Whitethroats, 4 Oystercatchers, 37 Mallard, 7 Turnstone, 4 Ringed Plovers, 1 Short-eared Owl hunting along the Green Wall, 1 Corn Bunting, 2 Stonechats, 1 Little Egret, 1 Coot and 1 Green Woodpecker.

Robin

We have ringed 82 Blackcaps in the last two days and thought that they were almost certainly British birds moving through. We got proof of this yesterday as a bird we caught with someone else's ring had been ringed as a first year bird at Hillesden, Buckinghamshire on July 14th and had moved 163 km ESE to reach Reculver.