August 11th

We spent a warm morning ringing on the Marsh south of the railway where we saw 1 Turtle Dove, 1 Green Sandpiper, 33 Ringed Plovers flying S, 1 Corn Bunting, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 20 Whitethroats, 4 Sedge Warblers, 8 Reed Warblers, 5 Willow Warblers, 3 Green Woodpeckers, 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 9 Greylag Geese, 3 Chiffchaffs, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Cetti's Warbler and 1 Swallow.

Birds ringed 34: Wren 1, Willow Warbler 1, Reed Warblers 5, Whitethroat 15, Sedge Warbler 2, Grasshopper Warbler 1, Robin 1, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Chaffinch 1, Blue Tit 1, Reed Bunting 1, Blackbird 2, Green Woodpecker 1. 

Adult Common Whitethroat

First year Lesser Whitethroat

 

Also this morning Marc Heath had a Wood Sandpiper and 2 Snipe fly in off the sea at Bishopstone.