September 9th

On another warm and sunny morning we walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and back around the Green Wall. Birds we recorded included 2 Siskins W, 11 Chiffchaffs, 4 Cetti's Warblers, 4 Whiethroats, 5 Robins, 3 Blackcaps, 5 Mute Swans, 5 Chaffinches, 3 Kestrels, 26 Linnets, 2 Willow Warblers, 1 Pied Wagtail, 25 Golden Plovers, 4 Swallows, 2 Sand Martins, 16 Mallard, 4 Little Egrets, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Redshank, 4 Coot, 68 Goldfinches, 1 Heron, 2 Ringed Plovers, 4 Sanderling, 2 Sandwich Terns and 6 Grey Partridges.

Meadow Pipit

We met Chris Tedder on the seawall and she had also seen 2 Bar-tailed Godwits and 2 Wheatear.

A first year Sedge Warbler we ringed at Shuart on Aug 11th was controlled on Aug 16th at Litlington, East Sussex and had flown 101 km SW.

We received another recovery of an adult female Blackbird that we ringed at Shuart on 27th October 2016 that was killed by a cat at Serinchamps, Namur, BELGIUM on 8th May 2020. It had moved 307 km ESE.