September 8th

This morning we spent ringing at Reculver and saw 3 Green Woodpeckers, 16 Blackcaps, 1 Tree Pipit flying W, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Common Sandpipers, 1 Firecrest, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 1 House Martin, 2 Jays, 2 Peregrines, 1 Golden Plover, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Sparrowhawk and 4 Reed Warblers. We also saw 3 Clouded Yellows including 1 pale female of the helice morph. 

 Birds ringed 18: Blackcap 12, Reed Warbler 1, Great Tit 2, Song Thrush 2, Blackbird 1.

After ringing Matt walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and counted 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat, 20 Golden Plover, 14 Little Egrets, 1 Common Sandpiper, 82 Sandwich Terns, 7 Common Terns E, 8 Gannets E, 1 juvenile Arctic Skua chasing terns, 14 Sanderling, 2 Curlew, 120 Oystercatchers, 1 Black Tern E (183rd), 1 Wheatear and 2 Mediterranean Gulls.