May 21st
On a sunny morning we completed the Chamber's Wall/Green Wall/Coldharbour circuit and recorded 17 Whitethroats, 2 Chiffchaffs,  Cuckoos, 2 Lesser Whitethroats, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 4 Marsh Harriers, 8 Linnets, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Mallard, 1 Cormorant, 8 Oystercatchers, 21 Swallows W, 2 House Martins W, 1 Grey Wagtail W, 1 Swift W, 4 Ringed Plovers, 1 Little Egret, 2 Grey Partridges, 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls W, 1 Sand Martin W, 3 Shelduck, 1 Redshank and 2 CommonTerns. We also saw 2 Painted Ladies and 1 Hairy Dragonfly.

Hairy Dragonfly

This afternoon I received an email about a Song Thrush we ringed at Reculver on 16th November 2014 that had been taken by an animal in Pershyttan, Nora, Orebro, SWEDEN on 15th May 2015. This is 1,253 km NE of Reculver and shows where some of our autumn thrushes originate from.