August 8th

We spent an increasingly warm morning ringing at Reculver where we saw 1 Hobby, 2 Green Woodpeckers, 1 Water Rail, 2 Common Sandpipers, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Dunlin, 5 Willow Warblers, 2 Ravens, 20 Sand Martins, 14 Sedge Warblers, 12 Whitethroats, 3 Kestrels, 1 Common Buzzard, 4 Blackcaps, 15 Reed Warblers, 1 Little Egret, 2 Grey Partridges, 1 Jay, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Lesser Whitethroats, 2 Kingfishers, 2 Chiffchaffs and 1 Curlew.

Birds ringed 33: Willow Warbler 2, Wren 2, Reed Warbler 9, Chaffinch 1, Whitethroat 4, Sedge Warbler 4, Blackcap 3, Robin 1, Lesser Whitethroat 2, Blue Tit 1, Dunnock 1, Song Thrush 1, Blackbird 1, Kingfisher 1.

Lesser Whitethroat

Kingfisher