May 11th

We spent a pleasant morning ringing at Reculver where we saw 2 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Lesser Whitethroats, 2 Garden Warblers, 1 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Swallows, 13 Reed Warblers, 4 Sedge Warblers, 15 Whitethroats, 4 Cetti's Warblers, 4 Chiffchaffs, 3 Mallard, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Jays, 1 Grey Heron, 8 Blackcaps, 1 Turtle Dove purring intermittently during the morning, 2 Long-tailed Tits, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Common Buazzard, 1 Sparrowhawk and 1 Kestrel.

Birds ringed 37: Willow Warbler 1, Long-tailed Tit 1, Chiffchaff 2, Blackcap 4, Whitethroat 6, Reed Warbler 11, Sedge Warbler 2, Cetti's Warbler 1, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Garden Warbler 1, Song Thrush 2, Blackbird 3, Jay 2.

A Jay with a tick above its eye

On a warm and breezy afternoon we walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and recorded 4 Yellow Wagtails, 3 Lesser Whitethroats, 8 Whitethroats, 3 Cetti's Warblers, 2 Shelduck, 1 Wheatear, 1 White Wagtail, 124 Sanderling, 1 Dunlin, 2 Common Terns, 2 Sandwich Terns, 1 Kestrel, 36 Turnstone, 1 Blackcap, 1 Cuckoo and 1 Little Egret. We also saw 3 Hairy Dragonflies.

Sanderling