Records for Wednesday 16/09/2026 (OM)

A couple of hours this morning as I recover from my chest infection and it was great to be out.

Nothing exceptional, but a Little Tern was offshore and on the beach around the Poole Place area, with 6+ Sandwich terns and 100 Med Gulls. Also:

Teal - 1W
L Egret - 1E
Gt Bb Gull - 4
Wheatear - 1
Spot Fly - 1 in set aside corner
Chiffchaff - 4+
Willow Warb - 2
Swallow - c50 W
House Martin -10 

Other duties meant a late start from Kents which was very quiet. Two Redstart still around the camp site and a Little Tern west being the highlights.

Willow Warbler - 4

Chiffchaff - 12

Whitethroat - 7

Blackcap - 25

Grey Wagtail - 1

Yellow Wagtail - 7

Pied Wagtail - 5

Meadow Pipit - 40

Wheatear - 4

Reed Warbler - 1

Cetti's Warbler - 1 hrd

Yellowhammer - 1

Swallow - c300

Sand Martin - 4

House Martin - 10

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 3

Green Woodpecker - 4

Kestrel - 2

Buzzard - 1

Jay - 3

Grey Heron - 1

Sanderling - 1w

Sandwich Tern - c30

Little Tern west 

Redstart camp site

Willow Warbler camp site

Wheatear 

Common Gull

Cormorant

 Two Raven flying east from the back of the golf course, and 3 Redstart around the old camp site, being the only highlights.

Redstart - 3 

Blackcap - 17

Willow Warbler - 2

Chiffchaff - 10

Whitethroat - 7

Reed Warbler - 4

Stonechat - 2

Cetti's Warbler - 2 hrd

Reed Bunting - 5

Yellow Wagtail - 4

Wheatear - 7

Linnet - c75

Meadow Pipit - 10

Jay - 3

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Green Woodpecker - 1

Grey Partridge - 1

Raven - 2

Sparrowhawk - 2

Kestrel - 4

Buzzard - 2

Gannet - 15w

Sandwich Tern - 17w

Commic Tern 1w

Med Gull - 7w

Turnstone - 6

Little Egret - 1

Kingfisher - 2

Sand Martin - 2

House Martin - 10

Swallow - c150

Three Redstart around the camp site

Two Raven east, north of golf course

Kingfisher in rife behind the set-aside

Grey Partridge

Sandwich Tern