July 17th

We spent a warm and humid morning ringing on the Marsh south of the railway where we saw 50 Whitethroats, 40 Reed Warblers, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 1 Whimbrel flying W, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 1 Corn Bunting, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Sedge Warblers and 1 Kestrel.

Birds ringed 83: Wren 2, Whitethroat 37, Cetti's Warbler 2, Blue Tit 1, Reed Warbler 29, Sedge Warbler 5, Linnet 3, Reed Bunting 2, Dunnock 2.

Derek Smith walked from Minnis Bay to Coldharbour between 0500 and 0800. He counted 9 Little Egrets, 11 Gannets flying W, 2 summer plumaged Turnstones, 4 Redshank, 1 Greenshank flying W, 1 Common Sandpiper, 6 Whimbrel, 45 Mediterranean Gulls, 290 Black-headed Gulls, 6 Sandwich Terns, 3 Common Terns and 2 Stonechats. 

This evening we received the ringing information of two Reed Warblers we controlled on the Marsh this morning. The first had been ringed as a first year bird at Icklesham, East Sussex on 8th August 2023 and the other was ringed at Sandwich Bay Estate on 26th July 2024.