Sunday 27 September 2015

September 27th
With a light easterly breeze blowing we walked from Chamber's Wall and round Coldharbour before dropping in at Reculver on the way home. Birds we saw included 9 Mute Swans, 13 Chiffchaffs, 1 Goldcrest, 11 Cormorants, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Siskins, 9 Blackcaps, 1 Kestrel, 3 Wigeon, 69 Mallard, 1 juvenile Pintail (182nd), 5 Coot, 1 Kingfisher, 5 Reed Buntings, 9 Redshank, 24 Common Scoter E, 1 Curlew, 1 Lapwing W, 32 Linnets, 33 Oystercatchers, 1 Rock Pipit, 15 Skylarks, 52 Sanderling, 18 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 2 Swallows and 2 Green Sandpipers.

Juvenile Pintail

Derek Smith walked from Shuart to Plumpudding and along the embankment between 0630 and 1200 and saw 1 Raven flying S at Shuart Farm, 55 Starlings W, 3 Grey Wagtails W, 4 Stonechats, 1 Rock Pipit, 34 Chiffchaffs, 16 Blackcaps, 2 Reed Warblers, 1 Sedge Warbler, 15 Goldcrests and 1 Firecrest.
This afternoon he had a look at the Towers and had 2 Black Redstarts and 13 Sanwich Terns, 1 Mediterranean Gull,  2 Little Gulls (183rd) and 1 Great Skua flying E.
Later Chris Gibbard found a calling Yellow-browed Warbler in Bishopstone Glen (184th).

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