July 31st

An hour at Reculver this morning produced 2 Swifts flying W, 16 Meadow Pipits, 1 Little Egret, 12 Goldfinches and 1 adult Gannet flying E.

Matt was out later this morning and walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and on to Plumpudding. His highlight was finding an adult Roseate Tern (165th) at Plumpudding roosting with good numbers of Common and Sandwich Terns. Other birds he saw included 3 Chiffchaffs, 1 Cetti's Warblers, 1 Sparrowhawk, 150 Common Terns, 5 Avocets, 6 Common Sandpipers, 5 Dunlin, 9 Redshank, 42 Whimbrel, 18 adult Oystercatchers with 2 young, 16 Shelduck, 4 Ringed Plovers, 6 Turnstone, 5 Yellow Wagtails, 1 Little Egret, 1 Wood Sandpiper in Coldharbour, 200 Sandwich Terns, 250 Mediterranean Gulls, 1 Gannet, 12 Great Black-backed Gulls and 1 Kittiwake on the beach at Coldharbour.

Colour ringed Mediterranean Gull - Matt Hindle