Depressingly quiet for the time of year with 2 Whinchat, 8 Wheatear, 2 Grey Partridge, Common Sand but only small numbers of the commoner migrants. (RG)

Atherington – Climping: A Little Tern was feeding almost along the shoreline whilst being harassed by a Sandwich Tern and other small highlights were four Wheatears, a Redstart along Mill Lane and a single Spotted Flycatcher at Bailiffscourt. My totals logged were:- (OM) 

Little Egret – 4

Curlew - 1W

Sanderling - 7

Buzzard - 4

Little Tern - 1

Sandwich Tern - 6

Yellow Wagtail - 2

Swallow - 15E

Sand Martin - 4E

Wheatear - 4

Redstart - 1

Spotted Fly - 1

Whitethroat - 4

Blackcap - 3

Willow Warbler - 10

Chiffchaff - 2

Very quiet this morning with little movement offshore and in the bushes. A Coal Tit was reported around Atherington Cottages,  5 Black-tailed Godwit moving east at Climping Beach and a Greenshank heard in that area. Yellow & Grey Wagtail still moving through the area as well as good numbers of Swallow and small numbers of Sand Martin.

Another morning with variety with a juv Black Tern (RG) amongst the Gull flock off Climping Beach, also a Juv Yellow-legged Gull (GK) there, and a Coal Tit (MB) around Kents. Combined totals below.

Black Tern - 1 juv 

Yellow -legged Gull - 1 juv

Med Gull - 65

Common Gull - 12

Sandwich Tern - 3

Hobby - 2 in off sea

Red Kite - 1

Buzzard - 3

Kestrel - 3

Sparrowhawk - 3

Black-tailed Godwit - 8E

Common Sandpiper - 1

Knot - 1

Redshank - 2

Dunlin - 8E

Curlew - 5W

Ringed Plover - 7

Oystercatcher - 14

Turnstone - 22

Little Egret - 12

Grey Heron - 6

Wheatear - 12

Whinchat - 1

Spot Fly - 1

Blackcap - 5

Whitethroat - 7

Swallow - c.150+

Yellow Wagtail - 23

Grey Wagtail - 3

Willow Warbler - 7

House Martin - 5

Sand Martin -  11

An afternoon visit to the patch proved productive when a Honey Buzzard flew east at Atherington, being mobbed by corvids. Also

Grey Partridge - 2

Wheatear - 3

Lesser BB Gull - 5

Dunlin - 1

Oystercatcher - 10

HB east over Atherington Lodge

Hundreds of Gulls in field north Climping Beach

A Dartford Warbler and a Tree Pipit around the Golf course (RG) and a Barn Owl in the horse paddock (GK) being this mornings highlights. Combined totals below.

Dartford Warbler - 1

Tree Pipit - 1

Redstart - 2 Mill

Garden Warbler - 2 Mill

Spotted Fly - 1

Wheatear - 3

Willow Warbler - 27

Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Blackcap - 19

Goldcrest - 1

Whitethroat - 31

Yellow Wagtail - 17

Grey Wagtail - 4

Reed Warbler - 4

Sedge Warbler - 1

Green Sandpiper - 1

Greenshank - 1

Ringed Plover - 7

Curlew - 1

Barn Owl - 1

Sparrowhawk - 2

Kesttrel - 2

Buzzard - 3

House Martin - 12

Swift - 7

Swallow - c.200

Sand Martin - 30

Little Egret - 1

 

Sparrowhawk setaside

Redstarts Mill

Green Sandpiper 

Reed Warbler

A nice bit of variety and good numbers in the patch this morning without anything of note, combined totals below.

Redstart - 1

Spotted Fly - 2

Whinchat - 6

Willow Warbler - 40

Chiffchaff - 4

Garden Warbler - 1

Yellow Wagtail - 39

Grey Wagtail - 9

Lesser Whitethroat - 3

Whitethroat - 13

Wheatear - 6

Goldcrest - 1

Blackcap - 14

Reed Warbler - 5

Sedge Warbler - 2

Cetti's Warbler - 1

Yellowhammer - 1

Bullfinch - 1

Swallow - c.200

Sand Martin - 15

Song Thrush - 3

Green Sandpiper - 1

Snipe - 3

Whimbrel - 1

Oystercatcher - 1

Turnstone - 7w

Buzzard - 3

Kestrel - 2

Sparrowhawk - 2

Common Gull - 45

Med Gull - nc

Sandqwich Tern - 7

Little Egret - 3

Grey Heron - 2

Whinchat Setaside

Climping Beach

Grey Wagtail Atherington Pools

Two Black Tern amongst c.100 Common Tern resting at West Beach, adjacent the Mill Path at 13:50, also Redstart, 3 Whinchat and 2 Spot Fly on the golf course. (RG)

Two Spot Fly and a few Willow Warblers around Bailiffscourt. (OM)

Juv Little Gull, 1 Whinchat, 2 Grey Partridge, and 4 Yellow Wagtail. (MB)

Records for Tues 23/08/2022

Climping – Atherington: It was uncannily quiet around the set-aside and Bread Lane area with barely a bird to be seen and just a couple of Blackcaps ‘tacking’ so I moved on to Bailiffscourt. Thankfully there was much more activity here – mostly around the fir trees and adjacent hedgerows again – with 3+ Spotted Flycatchers, a male Redstart, six Blackcaps, three Whitethroats, six Willow Warblers and at least two Chiffchaffs. Other sightings included Mistle Thrush, three Green Woodpeckers, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers and a Jay. (OM)

 Hard going this morning with little reward with the highlight being a Pied Fly in Bailiffscourt.

Pied Fly - 1

Spotted Fly - 2-3

Yellow Wagtail - 15w

Willow Warbler - 14

Chiffchaff - 3

Whitethroat - 12

Blackcap - 6

Reed Warbler - 4

Swallow - 17w

Common Gull - 4

Med Gul - c.75

Little Egret - 3

Kestrel - 2

Buzzard - 3

Med Gull 4SSU

Little Egret

A bit of variety this morning with a Tree Pipit heard flying west over the campsite, a  male Redstart at Kents Cottages with 2 Swift  and a Sand Martin. 11 Yellow Wagtail flew over Bailiffscourt Court and a Spotted Flycatcher in the area. (MB)

Pre work visit with a Marsh Harrier sitting in a bush at the bottom of Longwood and 2 Whinchat in the setaside being the only birds of note.

Marsh Harrier - 1

Peregrine - 1

Buzzard - 3

Kestrel - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1

Whinchat - 2

Yellow Wagtail - 1 heard

Whitethroat - 5

Willow Warbler - 4

Chiffchaff - 6

Goldfinch - 35

Linnet - 17

Yellowhammer - 1

Jay - 4

Great- spotted Woodpecker - 2

Green Woodpecker - 3

Med Gull - c.100

Common Gull -3

Curlew - 1E

Oystercatcher - 1E

Little Egret - 1

Stock Dove - 3

Atherington – Climping: A fairly short visit before the rain set in and first bird up was a nice Yellow Wagtail low overhead, but thereafter it was incredibly quiet around Atherington, Bread Lane and the set-aside, with barely a bird seen. I was thinking of moving on but decided to check Bailiffscourt first and suddenly things changed…there were four Spotted Flycatchers, two Willow Warblers, a Chiffchaff and a Whitethroat all moving about in the quiet corner where the fir trees and beehives are. A family party of three Green Woodpeckers was also present, with another and a Great Spotted Woodpecker nearby. Unfortunately, it then started raining, increasing steadily until it soon became time to leave.(OM)

 

Slim pickings today.

Spot Fly - 1

Whinchat - 1

Wheatear - 2

Willow Warbler - 5

Whitethroat - 8

Blackcap - 5

Sedge Warbler - 1

Bullfinch - 1

Linnet - c100

Goldfinch - 65

Skylark - 1

Swallow - 5

Oystercatcher - 13w

Common Gull - 1

Grey Heron  - 3

Kestrel - 1

Buzzard - 1

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Green Woodpecker - 4

Jay - 2

Stock Dove - 2

Spot Fly Bailiffscourt

Another sunny bright sunny morning, with a Pied Fly in Bailiffscourt being the highlight.

Pied Fly - 1 (MB)

Spotted Fly - 1

Whinchat - 1

Yellow Wagtail - 2

Golden Plover - 1

Willow Warbler - 7

Whitethroat - 12

Reed Warbler - 9

Cetti's Warbler - 1 hrd

Wheatear - 1

Reed Bunting - 1

Peregrine - 1

Kestrel - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1

Buzzard - 2

Little Egret - 2

Med Gull - 40 

Records for Monday 8th

I did the east end of Elmer beach to Poole Place and the fields behind but not much to show for my efforts again.

A flock 0f 8 Canada Geese went west offshore and 2 Sandwich terns east, but little else.

A few waders were roosting on the rocks around high tide; 18 Oystercatcher, 20 Sanderling, 12 Ringed Plover and 10 Turnstone.

Also 2 Common Gulls, 2 Little Egrets, a Sparrowhawk, a Kestrel, 2+ Whitethroats and 10 Swallows. OM

Another bright warm day with little of note around.

Corn Bunting - 1 (MB)

Wheatear - 3

Willow Warbler - 7

Chiffchaff - 4

Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Common Whitethroat - 15

Reed Warbler - 4

Yellow Wagtail - 2

Pied Wagtail - 1

Yellowhammer - 1

Reed Bunting - 2

Goldfinch - c.100

Linnet - 30

Kestrel - 1

Buzzard - 3

Sparrowhawk - 2

Turnstone - 2

Oystercatcher - 2E 3W

Little Egret - 6

 

A Dartford Warbler in the setaside was the highlight of the morning with hundreds of Gannets feeding offshore.

Redstart - 1 (DMB)

Yellow Wagtail - 1 (DMB)

Willow Warbler - 9

Reed Warbler - 7

Sedge Warbler - 2

Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Whitethroat - 10

Blackcap - 5

Chiffchaff - 3

Yellowhammer - 1

Goldcrest - 1

Goldfinch - 60

Linnet - 45

Cormorant - 12W 3E

Oystercatcher - 3E

Dunlin - 1

Redshank - 1

Ringed Plover - 3

Turnstone - 1

Common Tern - 4

Sandwich Tern - 7E

Med Gull - c50

Common Gull - 3

Little Egret - 4

Grey Heron - 1

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Green Woodpecker - 4

Rook - 13

Magpie - 22

Jay - 4

Buzzard - 1

Kestrel - 2

Sparrowhawk - 3

Dartford Warbler Setaside

Common Tern Climping Beach

A bright sunny morning pre work visit found several Willow Warbler around Atherington.

Willow Warbler - 16

Reed Warbler - 4

Sedge Warbler - 1

Blackcap - 4

Whitethroat - 5

Sand Martin - 7

Swallow - 1

Wheatear - 1

Common Tern - 1W

Sandwich Tern - 3E 1W

Gannet - 27W

Common Gull -1 

Med Gull - 17

Oystercatcher - 7E

Redshank - 1

Willow Warbler Climping Beach

Decided to do the Climping/Atherington area this morning. The set-aside area was pretty quiet and numbers of warblers were generally low, but it picked up a bit on the beach. Highlights were a Marsh Harrier high up and offshore, thought it was coming in for a while but eventually went higher and drifted west past Poole place & Elmer. Also I reckon 3 Wheatears along the beach.(OM)

Other stuff was;-

Willow Warbler – 6

Chiffchaff – 2

Whitethroat – 6

Goldfinch – 80

Greenfinch – 5

Great Spotted Woodpecker – 2

Green Woodpecker – 3

Kestrel – 1

Little Egret – 2

Wheatear (OM)