August 23rd

On a bright and breezy morning we walked from Reculver to Coldharbour and back, then seawatched at the Towers for half an hour before ending up looking at Reculver Bushes. We saw 2 Little Terns flying W then back E, 4 Ringed Plovers, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 1 Kingfisher, 6 Sanderling, 1 Greenshank, 1 Kestrel, 4 Swallows W, 2 Common Sandpipers, 3 Grey Herons, 2 Oystercatchers, 12 Little Egrets, 12 Linnets, 12 Teal W, 21 Redshank, 7 Dunlin, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Whitethroats, 1 Golden Plover, 2 Wheatears, 1 Curlew and 3 Turnstone. 

At the Towers we counted 11 Sandwich Terns, 21 Common Scoter, 2 adult Arctic Skuas W (175th), and 4 Gannets. 

Reculver bushes produced 1 Pied Flycatcher (176th), 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Reed Warblers, 1 Chiffchaff and 1 Blackcap.

This afternoon we walked from Chamber's Walll to Coldharbour and sat on the beach for an hour. We saw 1 female Common Redstart at Chamber's Wall, 25 Sandwich Terns, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Common Scoter, 1 juvenile Kittiwake E, 2 Wheatears, 7 Sanderling, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 4 Common Terns, 36 Turnstone, 10 Golden Plover and 1 Yellow Wagtail.