August 2nd

Our walk at Reculver this morning produced 2 Green Woodpeckers, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Common Buzzard, 28 Mallard, 7 Mute Swans, 42 Coot, 22 Gadwall, 9 Tufted Duck, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 Great Black-backed Gulls, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Little Grebes and 1 Jay.

Nick Hando was in the Minnis Bay area over the weekend and recorded 14 Whimbrel and 6 Common Sandpipers as well as about 500 Mediterranean Gulls with other gulls. At the Wantsum he saw a Kingfisher and at Plumpudding 12 Sanderling, 1 Dunlin, 2 Turnstone and 4 Ringed Plovers. He also found a Clouded Yellow butterfly near the embankment.