July 18th

We spent an increasingly warm morning ringing at Shuart where we saw 3 Green Woodpeckers, 1 Kestrel, 20 Goldfinches, 3 Grey Herons, 9 Greylag Geese, 6 Blackcaps, 1 Jay, 2 Ring-necked Parakeets, 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 6 Cetti's Warblers, 4 Common Buzzards, 35 Reed Warblers, 8 Whitethroats, 1 Greenfinch singing, 1 juvenile Cuckoo, 7 Sedge Warblers, 1 Little Egret, 4 Swallows and 2 Chiffchaffs.

Birds ringed 50: Cetti's Warbler 3, Reed Warbler 27, Whitethroat 4, Blackcap 4, Chaffinch 2, Sedge Warbler 5, Goldfinch 2, Reed Bunting 1, Dunnock 1, Blackbird 1.

We also controlled a male Reed Warbler that had been ringed as a first year bird by the East Kent Wildlife Group at Richborough on 24th September 2021.