August 15th
We arrived at Reculver at 0730 on an overcast morning and spent two and a half hours walking up to Coldharbour and then inland. We had a good morning seeing 3 Pied Wagtails, 2 Black Redstarts, 9 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, 1 Wheatear, 1 juvenile Mediterranean Gull, 2 Little Owls. 5 Mute Swans, 3 Whitethroats, 8 Cormorants, 10 Redshank, 4 Little Egrets, 2 Grey Herons, 29 Ringed Plovers, 8 Common Sandpipers, 9 Yellow Wagtails, 7 Shelduck, 49 Oystercatchers, 24 Linnets, 9 Teal, 1 Grey Plover, 1 Greenshank, 1 Wood Sandpiper (174th), 9 Green Sandpipers, 2 Turnstone, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 dark phase Arctic Skua, 6 Golden Plover, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Tufted Duck, 1 Jay, 1 Turtle Dove, 8 Mallard and 4 Little Grebes.
Derek Smith birded at Shuart, Plumpudding and Brooksend this morning and recorded 60 Swallows, 4 Willow Warblers, 6 Blackcaps, 19 Whitethroats, 7 Wheatears on a ploughed field at Brooksend, 1 Marsh Harrier, 4 Common Buzzards, 35 Lapwings W and 1 Swift W.