May 28th 

We spent the morning ringing on the Marsh south of the railway line and  saw 4 Whitethroats, 3 Yellow Wagtails, 3 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Kestrel, 1 Corn Bunting, 1 Tree Pipit flying S, 4 Mallard, 4 Swallows, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Common Buzzards, 8 Swifts, 5 Sedge Warblers and 10 Reed Warblers.

Birds ringed 19: Wren 1, Chiffchaff 1, Whitethroat 2, Reed Warbler 6, Sedge Warbler 5, Linnet 1, Chaffinch 1, Reed Bunting 1, House Sparrow 1.

Adult Sedge Warbler

 

This afternoon we walked to Coldharbour from Shuart and Chamber's Wall and saw 4 Cetti's Warblers, 2 Grey Partridges, 4 Whitethroats, 3 Mallard, 4 Oystercatchers, 31 Turnstone, 5 Common Sandpipers, 9 Sanderling, 1 Fulmar E, 1 Kittiwake E, 4 Sandwich Terns E, 2 Great Crested Grebes, 2 Ringed Plovers, 3 Yellow Wagtails, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Common Buzzards, 10 Swifts, 2 Stonechats and 1 large auk E.

Field Garlic - Matt Hindle

 This morning I also received information about a ringed female Reed Warbler we caught yesterday at Reculver. It had initially been ringed at Cantley Beet Factory, Norfolk which is 136 km N on 3rd August 2019.