September 3rd

It was overcast but mild this morning as we walked around Reculver bushes and then inland. Birds we saw included 5 Blackcaps, 4  Reed Warblers, 4 Cetti's Warblers, 6 Robins, 6 Chiffchaffs, 3 Sparrowhawks, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 male Marsh Harrier, 21 Coot, 60 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Wigeon, 4 Little Grebes, 4 Gadwall, 1 Little Egret, 2 Pied Wagtails, 2 Common Sandpipers, 30 Teal, 1 Common Buzzard, 3 Kestrels, 1 Great Crested Grebe and 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker.

Derek Smith had a good morning walking from Minnis Bay to Coldharbour and back along the Green Wall and embankment between 0700 and 1100. He recorded 7 Little Egrets, 4 Grey Herons, 1 Teal, 4 Shelduck, 1 Whimbrel E, 1 Golden Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank in Coldharbour, 1 Sparrowhawk, 8 Mediterranean Gulls, 1 dark phase Arctic Skua E, 42 Sandwich Terns, 1 Kingfisher, 6 Wheatears, 2 Whinchats, 28 Pied Wagtails, 12 Yellow Wagtails, 3 Grey Wagtails W, 14 Sedge Warblers, 3 Reed Warblers, 9 Whitethroats, 6 Willow Warblers, 2 Chiffchaffs, 14 Cetti's Warblers and 6 Corn Buntings.

Spotted Redshank in Coldharbour - Derek Smith