September 26th

This morning we walked at various sites in the Reculver area and saw 8 Chiffchaffs, 4 Cetti's Warblers, 2 Little Egrets, 12 Mediterranean Gulls, 1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Raven, 2 Little Grebes, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Common Sandpiper, 52 Mallard, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Wigeon, 4 Gadwall, 2 Shoveler and 3 Swallows in off.

Derek Smith walked from Shuart and along the embankment then back by way of Coldharbour and Plumpudding. Between 0630 and 1030 he counted 2 Grey Herons, 2 Little Egrets, 2 Little Grebes, 1 male Marsh Harrier, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Mediterranean Gull W, 8 Lapwings S, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Bar-tailed Godwits, 8 Dunlin, 3 Sandwich Terns E, 22 Swallows in off, 3 Bearded Tits, 18 Cetti's Warblers and 90 Chiffchaffs.