September 21st

On a beautiful, sunny morning there were a few more birds to be seen as we walked to the Oyster Farm lagoons from Chamber's Wall. We counted 7 Cetti's Warblers, 21 Chiffchaffs, 2 Blackcaps, 22 Reed Buntings, incuding the white tailed indivdual, 5 Mallard, 11 Wigeon, 33 Goldfinches, 1 Grey Wagtail flying W, 2 Kestrels and 7 Little Egrets. We also saw 3 Reed Warblers, 2 Stonechats, 17 Redshank, 1 Knot, 13 Swallows flying W, 5 Teal, 7 Sandwich Terns, 55 Turnstone, 135 Ringed Plovers, 55 Linnets, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sanderling, 4 Corn Buntings, 6 Dunlin, 23 Meadow Pipits, 1 Green Woodpecker and 1 Sparrowhawk.

Meadow Pipit