October 18th

We had an excellent morning's birding in bright sunshine as we walked at Chamber's Wall and Coldharbour. Birds we saw included 5 Chiffchaffs, 31 Chaffinches, 7 Redwing, 8 Robins, 5 Cetti's Warblers, 2 Common Buzzards, 1 Brambling, 2 Goldcrests, 10 Golden Plovers, 9 Stonechats, 17 Skylarks, 5 Corn Buntings, 22 Goldfinches and 2 Dartford Warblers, one beside the Wantsum and one below the seawall at the east end of Coldharbour. Other birds we counted were 29 Reed Buntings, 8 Mallard, 8 Coot, 21 Meadow Pipits, 12 Ringed Plovers, 2 Redshank, 9 Bearded Tits in two flocks of five and four, 3 Great Crested Grebes, 1 female Merlin, 1 Grey Heron, 5 Turnstone, 12 Blue Tits, 2 Gadwall, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel and 3 Siskins.

First year Starlings