A bright clear start to the day meant I was not optimistic about seeing too many birds but the morning proved that not to be the case, even though most of the birds were Chiffchaffs! Highlight was undoubtably the pair of Dartford Warblers on the set aside, they showed well as they moved across the scrub. (RP)

Buzzard 1

Sparrowhawk 2

Grey Heron 1

Little Egret 3

Med Gull 75+

Ringed Plover 4

Oystercatcher 17

Sanderling 24

Curlew 6

GSWP 1

GWP 2

Stonechat 6

Spotted Flycatcher 1

Swallow 25+

Kingfisher 2

Pied Wagtail 3

Grey Wagtail 2

Meadow Pipit 20

Skylark 10

Songthrush 3

Cetti’s Warbler 1

Blackcap 8

Chiffchaff 40

Dartford Warbler 2

Linnet 175

Goldfinch 25

Greenfinch 4

Reed Bunting 1

 

 Late morning start due to the weather and the excursions of the day before found hundreds and hundreds of hirundine moving east offshore, and despite the conditions a rewarding few hours.

Dartford Warbler - 1

Rock Pipit - 2

Grey Wagtail - 2

Wheatear - 3

Stonechat - 6

Chiffchaff - 9

Blackcap - 1

Linnet - c100

Reed Bunting - 1

Skylark - 5

Meadow Pipit - 10

Shag - 1 

Brent Geese - 7w

Sandeling - 6w

Turnstone - 8w

Oystercatcher - 18w

Gannet - 10w

Sandwich Tern - 4 offshore

Med Gull - 20

Sparrowhawk - 1

Kestrel - 2

Grey Heron - 2

Darford Warbler Set-aside in front of Camp Site

Shag Climping Beach

Wheatear Climping Beach

Good number of birds around this morning and good coverage resulting in some record numbers. Combined totals below.

Firecrest - 1

Goldcrest - 4

Rock Pipit - 1 

Chiffchaff - 100+

Blackcap - 40+

Meadow Pipit - 85

Yellow Wagtail - 6

Grey Wagtail - 2

Pied Wagtail - 3

Stonechat - 33

Whinchat - 1

Whitethroat - 1

Wheatear - 5

Reed Bunting - 3

Skylark - 3

Linnet - c150

Goldfinch - 45

Yellowhammer - 2

Jay - 7

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Green Woodpecker - 2

Buzzard - 1

Kestrel - 3

Sparrowhawk - 1

House Martin - 75

Swallow - c400

Sand Martin - 5

Ringed Plover - 8w

Turnstone - 10w

Sanderling - 17w

Oystercatcher - 14w

Little Egret - 6

Sandwich Tern - 14 offshore

Med Gull - 30

Rock Pipit Set-aside

A good number of Chiffchaff in the area this morning as well as the number of hirundine still moving through. (RP)

Peregrine - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1
Kestrel - 2
Little Egret - 3
Med Gull - 20
Kingfisher - 3
Common Sandpiper - 1
Stonechat - 7
Grey Wagtail - 3
GSWP - 1
GWP - 2
Wheatear - 1
Chiffchaff - 75+
Blackcap - 28
Jay - 2
Meadow Pipit - 50

 A mid-morning visit after the rain had stopped found the Little Stint in the set-aside, a Red Kite drifted east over the golf course and continuing good numbers of both Swallow and House Martin streaming east.

Buzzard - 2

Kestrel - 3

Sparrowhak - 1

Jay - 2

Mistle Thrush - 2

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Stonechat - 9

Meadow Pipit - 40

Skylark - 3

Goldfinch - 35

Linnet - 175

Reed Bunting - 6

Yellowhammer - 1

Chiffchaff - 9

Blackcap - 8

Pied Wagtail - 2

Wheatear - 1

Brent Geese - 7W

Sandwich Tern - 10W 11E

Med Gull - c.50

Ringed Plover - 2

Little Stint

Red Kite

Mid-afternoon visit to the patch found a single Little Stint in the set-aside with 3 Ringed Plover and 3 Dunlin.

Buzzard - 5

Sparrowhawk - 1

Kestrel - 1

Little Egret - 2

Sanderling - 5

Curlew - 1

Turnstone - 5

Stonechat - 2

Jay - 1

Chiffchaff - 3

Blackcap - 1

Linnet - 50

Goldfinch - 25

Greenfinch - 3

Med Gull - 40

Sandwich Tern - 1

 

Just the single Little Stint present this morning along with a Dunlin and Teal in the setaside, also a Firecrest at the start of Kents Cottages.

Blackcap - 15

Chiffchaff - 17

Grey Wagtail - 2

Wheatear - 1

Stonechat - 8

Reed Warbler - 1

Reed Bunting - 2

Skylark - 21

Ringed Plover - 5

Grey Plover - 3

Curlew - 4

Buzzard - 2

Kestrel - 3

Clouded Yellow - 4

 

Little Stint & Dunlin

Teal

Clouded Yellow

Not a productive morning with the 2 Little Stint present again in the setaside, and a steady trickle of Swallow east with small numbers of Martin. OM & NB

Chiffchaff - 15

Blackcap - 12

Whinchat - 1

Whitethroat - 1

Stonechat - 12

Yellow Wagtail - 2

Meadow Pipit - 8

Linnet - 50

Goldfinch - 50

Skylark - 3

Jay - 2

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Green Woodpecker - 2

Buzzard - 4

Sparrowhawk - 1

Kestrel - 2

 Another slow morning with good variety, the 2 Little Stint present again in the setaside, my first Brent Goose of the Autumn, and a Redstart, Whinchat around the golf course. Combined totals below.

Redstart - 1

Whinchat - 1

Stonechat - 12

Chiffchaff - 23

Cetti's Warbler - 1 hrd

Reed Bunting - 4

Yellowhammer - 1

Reed Warbler - 2

Blackcap - 7

Grey Wagtail - 3

Yellow Wagtail - 9

Pied Wagtail - 2

Whitethroat - 3

Meadow Pipit - c.130+

Skylark - 2

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Green Woodpecker - 4

Peregrine - 1

Kestrel - 3

Sparrowhawk - 1

Buzzard - 2

Brent Geese - 2W 1E

Bar-tailed Godwit - 1E 1W

Grey Plover - 6W

Dunlin - 4

Ringed Plover - 5

Oystercatcher - 11E

Shelduck - 3W

Kingfisher - 2

Little Egret - 7

Grey Heron - 3

Sandwich Tern - nc

Med Gull - nc

Just two Little Stint present this morning in the setaside with a single Dunlin. A light steady trickle of mixed hirundine through with the majority being House Martin. Combined totals below.

Gannet - c.100W

Sandwich Tern - 19W 7E

Med Gull - 3

Canada Geese - 2E

Wigeon - 5W

Curlew - 6W 2E

Dunlin - 5

Oystercatcher - 2E 1W

Grey Plover - 1E

Ringed Plover - 1

Grey Wagtail - 4

Yellow Wagtail - 3

Skylark - 8

Meadow Pipit - c.50

Linnet - c.175

Goldfinch - 40

Cetti's Warbler - 1 hrd

Wheatear - 1

Chiffchaff - c.40

Whitethroat - 3

Blackcap - 12

Goldcrest - 3

Coal Tit - 1 hrd Atherington

Yellowhammer - 2

Jay - 2

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 3

Kingfisher - 1

Little Egret - 3

Grey Heron - 1

Buzzard - 4

Kestrel - 4

Sparrowhawk - 1

Another fine morning at Climping with the 3 Little Stint still present in the setaside accompanied by a Dunlin, and 2 Spoonbill flew west at 07:56 (DB).  Combined totals below.

Stonechat - 27

Chiffchaff - 40

Willow Warbler - 1

Grey Wagtail - 4

Yellow Wagtail - 5

Pied Wagtail - 5

Lesser Whitethroat - 2

Whitethroat - 3

Blackcap - 15

Meadow Pipit - c.50

Snipe - 1

Common Tern - 1E

Kingfisher - 1 

Little Egret - 3

Buzzard - 10

Kestrel - 2

Cuckoo - 1 (GM)

Merlin - 1 (CM)

Clouded Yellow - 3

Little Stint

Dunlin

Yellow Wagtail

Chiffchaff present in good numbers

 An afternoon visit due to prior commitments, proved productive with 3 Little Stint in the setaside at Climping Beach, not seen in the area for a number of years, and double figures of Stonechat.

Tree Pipit - 1

Wheatear - 5

Stonechat - 10

Chiffchaff - 6

Peregrine - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1

Kestrel - 1

Buzzard - 2

Yellow Wagtail - 19

Grey Wagtail - 1

Meadow Pipit - 27

Skylark - 3

Ringed Plover - 2

Sandwich Tern - 9

Pretty quiet this morning, but Chiffchaff present in good numbers and a Short-eared Owl patrolling west beach being the highlight. 

Peregrine - 1

Buzzard -1 

Sparrowhawk - 2

Kestrel - 2

Chiffchaff - 39

Willow Warbler - 2

Blackcap - 5

Yellowhammer - 3

Grey Wagtail - 3

Yellow Wagtail - 

Stonechat - 3

Wheatear - 1

Meadow Pipit - c.50

Linnet - 60

Reed Warbler - 2

Reed Bunting - 3

Curlew - 4

Grey Heron - 3

Mid afternoon visit found hirundine still moving constantly east with mainly Swallows observed.

Whinchat - 5

Stonechat - 4

Wheatear - 6

Yellow Wagtail - 50

Meadow Pipit - 75

Chiffchaff - 3

Blackcap - 2

Linnet - 60

Sparrowhawk - 3

Kestrel - 2

Buzzard - 

Med Gull - 25

Sandwich Tern - 15

Oystercatcher - 45E

 

Fairly quiet around the golf course this morning with a steady stream of hirundine moving through. Undoubted highlight being a Osprey flying south over the reedbed and continued over the dunes. 

Chiffchaff - 10

Blackcap - 9

Yellow Wagtail - 35

Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Whitethroat - 8

Whinchat - 3

Wheatear - 10 

Linnet - c.130

Reed Warbler - 1

Goldfinch - 40

Reed Bunting - 4

Cetti's Warbler - 2

Meadow Pipit - 37

Swift - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1

Kestrel - 4

Buzzard - 2

Little Egret - 7

Kingfisher - 1

Osprey Golf course

Hirundine still on the move east this morning with hundreds of both House and Sand Martin.

Blackcap - 22

Whitethroat - 8

Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Chiffchaff - 8

Willow Warbler - 4

Yellow Wagtail - c.80

Grey Wagtail - 2

Spot Fly - 1

Wheatear - 3

Whinchat - 4

Stonechat - 3

Meadow Pipit - 15

Reed Bunting - 7

Linnet - c.100

Goldfinch - 40

Swift - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1

Kestrel - 2

Buzzard - 4

Peregrine - 1

Curlew - 13

Grey Heron - 3

Little Egret - 6

Sandwich Tern - 9

Common Tern - 3

Wigeon - 2E

Whinchat Setaside

Another productive morning with variety, Hirundine numbers lighter than yesterday but a constant light stream eastwards. 

 

Redstart - 3 Kents, Campsite, Setaside

Tree Pipit - 2 hrd

Grey Wagtail - 3

Yellow Wagtail - 27

White Wagtail - 1

Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Whitethroat - 7

Blackcap - 22

Willow Warbler - 17

Chiffchaff - 9

Whinchat - 8

Stonechat - 4

Wheatear - 5

Spotted Fly - 1

Sedge Warbler - 1

Reed Warbler - 2

Skylark - 3

Meadow Pipit - 11

Yellowhammer - 1

Reed Bunting - 2

Peregrine - 1

Buzzard - 7

Sparrowhawk - 2

Kestrel - 2

Curlew _ 4

Golden Plover - 1 hrd

Little Egret - 3

Med Gull - nc

Sandwich Tern - nc

Clouded Yellow - 3

Wheatear

Redstart

Spot Fly

Good numbers and variety this morning with thousands of Hirundine moving through the patch including hundreds of House Martin.

Redstart - 1 camp site

Whinchat - 13 around setaside

Yellow Wagtail - 33

Grey Wagtail - 5

White Wagtail - 1

Tree Pipit - 1 hrd

Spotted Fly - 1

Wheatear - 6

Cetti's Warbler - 1 hrd

Willow Warbler - 22

Whitethroat - 9

Blackcap - 12

Garden Warbler - 1

Chiffchaff - 7

Meadow Pipit - 9

Bullfinch - 1

Reed Bunting - 4

Goldcrest - 1

Linnet - c.100

Yellowhammer - 4

Reed Warbler - 2

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Green Woodpecker - 3

Jay - 3

Hobby - 2

Buzzard - 7

Sparrowhawk - 2

Kestrel - 3

Med Gull - c.50

Grey Heron - 1

Whinchat

Yellow Wagtail

Bullfinch

Spot Fly

Good numbers of birds around this morning with a little variety, hopefully something of note at the weekend.

Whinchat - 7

Wheatear - 12

Yellow Wagtail - 52

Grey Wagtail - 2

Lesser Whitethroat - 2

Whitethroat - 8

Willow Warbler - 13

Chiffchaff - 5

Blackcap - 3

Meadow Pipit - 5

Skylark - 6

Sedge Warbler - 1

Reed Bunting - 1

Bar-tailed Godwit - 1E

Ringed Plover - 7

Redshank - 1W

Oystercatcher - 22W

Turnstone - 10

Hobby - 1

Buzzard - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1

Kestrel - 2

Common Scoter - 1E

Wigeon - 9W

Gannet - 35W

Sandwich Tern - 5W 4E

Med Gull - 5

Grey Heron - 1

Little Egret - 3

Records for Sunday 4th Sept, were the assumed Grey-headed Wagtail was again present in the field west of the golf course by the Mill, also plentt of Yellow Wagtail, 2 White Wagtail, 2 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear, 1 Garden Warbler, and 30 Ringed Plover. 

Images below by (MB)

A good candidate for a Grey-headed Wagtail, found by (RG) in the first field west of the golf course by the Mill Cottage. Associating with other Yellow Wagtails, staying loyal to that corner of the field and surrounding bushes. Hopefully better images will emerge, combined totals for this morning below.

Grasshopper Warbler - 1

Tree Pipit - 1

Spotted Fly - 5

Yellow Wagtail - 25

Grey Wagtail - 4

Wheatear - 3

Garden Warbler - 1

Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Willow Warbler - 7

Chiffchaff - 5

Goldcrest - 2

Blackcap - 17

Whitethroat - 4

Skylark - 2

Little-ringed Plover - 1

Green Sandpiper - 1 heard

Bar-tailed Godwit - 1

Oystercatcher - 12E

Grey Partridge - 2

Jay - 5

Green Woodpecker - 5

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 3

Swallow - c.300

Sand Martin - 25

Kestrel - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1

Buzzard - 1

Sandwich Tern - 7W

Little Egret - 7

Wheatear Climping Beach

Little more happening this morning with 7 Wheatear, 2 Whinchat, 8 Whitethroat, 3 Willow Warbler, and singles of Garden Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Swift, and Kingfisher. (RG)