June 28th

We spent a breezy morning ringing at Reculver where we saw 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 26 Coot, 3 Tufted Ducks, 8 Mallard, 1 Green Sandpiper, 6 Mute Swans, 9 Greylag Geese, 1 Corn Bunting, 2 Grey Herons, 40 mainly juvenile Sand Martins, 2 Ravens, 1 Firecrest, 1 Green Woodpecker, 20 Blackcaps, 4 Whitethroats, 12 Reed Warblers, 1 Kestrel, 2 Jays, 1 Hobby, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 1 Common Buzzard and 1 Sparrowhawk. 

Birds ringed 33: Chiffchaff 2, Wren 1, Great Tit 1, Reed Warbler 7, Whitethroat 1, Robin 3, Blackcap 13, Dunnock 1, Blackbird 4.