October 28th

On a showery and breezy morning we walked from Reculver to Coldharbour and back. Birds we saw included 44 Goldfinches flying W, 120 Chaffinches flying W, 24 Siskins flying W, 1 Sandwich Tern flying W, 3 Pied Wagtails, 4 Little Egrets, 20 Meadow Pipits, 3 Redshank, 4 Stonechats, 1 Marsh Harrier and 23 Gannets feeding off shore. We also recorded 1 Common Buzzard, 33 Mallard, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 22 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Red-throated Diver, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 7 Little Grebes, 3 Curlew, 70 Oystercatchers, 1 Guillemot feeding close inshore, 1 Turnstone, 150 Starlings, 2 Corn Buntings, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Swallows flying W, 1 Kingfisher and 1 Rock Pipit.

We received information concerning a juvenile female Cetti's Warbler we ringed on the Marsh south of the railway on 17th July 2024. It was controlled by the Thames Estuary Ringing Group at Swanscombe Marshes on 24 October and had flown 65 km.