Tuesday 4 August 2015

August 4th
On another warm and breezy morning we walked along the seawall to Coldharbour and recorded 4 Pied Wagtails, 20 Sand Martins, 15 Linnets, 11 Cormorants, 1 Kingfisher, 18 Little Egrets roosting in the conifers by the Oyster Farm buildings, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Oystercatchers, 7 Redshank, 11 Yellow Wagtails, 1 Common Sandpiper, 5 Ringed Plovers, 1 Grey Plover, 5 Shelduck, 5 Turnstone, 1 Dunlin, 1 Wheatear, 1 Sanderling, 1 Little Owl and 2 Goldfinches. On the Roman walls at Reculver there were 4 Hummingbird Hawk Moths and 2 Wall Browns.

Sea Holly

Derek Smith was also out this morning at 0630 and walked from Shuart along the railway embankment to the Green Wall and back along the seawall. He counted 1 Common Buzzard, 4 Grey Herons, 1 Little Egret, 23 Ringed Plovers, 7 Turnstone, 4 Oystercatchers, 1 Whimbrel, 8 Redshank, 12 Dunlin, 2 Sanderling, 6 Yellow Wagtails, 38 Whitethroats, 4 Lesser Whitethroats, 4 Willow Warblers and 1 Chiffchaff.



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