Combined records today from around the patch today.

Grey Heron - 1
Sandwich Tern - 2
House Martin - 25+
Buzzard - 3
Swallow - 50

Sand Martin - 20+
Swift - 1
Green Woodpecker - 3
Yellow Wagtail - 1+ heard
Wheatear - 17+
Whinchat - 1
Skylark - 12
Pied Flycatcher - 1+
Redstart - 5

Lesser Whitethroat - 2
Whitethroat - 25+
Blackcap - 2
Willow Warbler - 20+
Chiffchaff - 3 (all briefly singing)

Slow going this morning, but good close views obtained of a Grasshopper Warbler and 3 Whinchat. Also juv Peregrine, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Raven, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 14 Whitethroat, 5 Willow Warbler, 4 Wheatear, and 5+ Yellow Wagtail. (RG)

 Good variety this morning with highlights being 3 immature Spoonbill flying east over the golf course 07:25 & a Nightingale by the 15 tee, both records by (RG). 

Redstart - 1 male back of pub

Garden Warbler - 2 camp site

Wheatear - 10+

Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Whitethroat - 16

Willow Warbler - 3

Chiffchaff - 5

Yellow Wagtail - c30

Pied Wagtail - 1

Reed Warbler - 5

Blackcap - 8

Reed Bunting - 3

Yellowhammer - 3

Swallow - c100

House Martin - c30

Sand Martin - 18

Linnet - c100

Song Thrush - 3

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Green Woodpecker - 3

Kestrel - 3

Sparrowhawk - 2

Stock Dove - X

Med Gull - 3

Common Gull - 1

Sandwich Tern - 2w

Little Egret - 8

Garden Warbler

House Martin

Yellow Wagtail

Quieter than the last few days although a few areas held a little interest. The bird of the morning was a Nuthatch, a rarity along this part of the coast, high in the trees around Atherington cottages, and brief views of a probable Grasshopper Warbler flushed from fields north east of the campsite. Good numbers of House Sparrow present with over 70 at the back of the Mill.

Redstart - 1 fem camp site

Spotted Flycatcher - 2 camp site & bailiffs

Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Wheatear - up to 10

Yellow Wagtail - 5

Whitethroat - 4

Willow Warbler - 4

Chiffchaff - 

Goldcrest - 1 hrd

Peregrine - 3

Sparrowhawk - 1

Buzzard - 2

Kestrel - 3

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Green Woodpecker - 2

Swift - 10

Sand Martin - c30

Swallow - c100

House Martin - 5

Common Gull - 1

Oystercatcher - 1e

Sandwich Tern - 5e

Wheatear

Good coverage yet again, with a few observers around the patch, combined totals below.

 Mute Swan - 9

 Feral Pigeon - X

 Stock Dove - X

Wood Pigeon - X

Collared Dove - 2

Common Swift - 2

Eurasian Oystercatcher - 2

Common Sandpiper - 1

Black-headed Gull - X

European Herring Gull - X

Sandwich Tern - 5

Great Cormorant - 8

Little Egret - 8

Grey Heron - 1

Eurasian Sparrowhawk - 2

Common Buzzard - 4

Common Kingfisher - 3

Great Spotted Woodpecker - 4

Green Woodpecker - 2

Common Kestrel - 2

Peregrine Falcon - 1

Common Magpie - X

Eurasian Jackdaw - X

Rook - X

Carrion Crow - X

Eurasian Blue Tit - X

Great Tit - 10

Eurasian Skylark - 24

Sand Martin - 10

Barn Swallow c35

Willow Warbler - 9

Common Chiffchaff - 5

Eurasian Blackcap - 15

Lesser Whitethroat - 3

Common Whitethroat - 20

Eurasian Wren - 8

Common Starling - X

Eurasian Blackbird - 9

European Robin - X

Northern Wheatear - 15

Dunnock - X

Western Yellow Wagtail - 23

Pied Wagtail - 1

European Greenfinch - X

Common Linnet - X

European Goldfinch - X

Common Reed Bunting - 3

Yellowhammer - 1

Song Thrush - 2

Sedge Warbler - 2

Reed Warbler - 2

Redstart - 1

Garden Warbler - 1

Redstart North of 1st wood

Sparrowhawk setaside

Sedge Warbler

Good coverage with a few pairs of eyes covering different parts of the patch, chilly north easterly resulting in a slow morning. Combined totals below. 

Redstart - 2 on beach near mill & north of golf course.

Spotted Fly - 3

Yellow Wagtail - 8

Wheatear - 9

Willow Warbler - 10

Blackcap - 4

Whitethroat - 9

Chiffchaff - 4

Reed Warbler - 4

Yellowhammer - 5

Reed Bunting - 3

Little Egret - 4

Kingfisher - 1

Great-crested Grebe - 1 river

Swift - 2

Sand Martin - 8

House Martin - 20

Swallow - 45

Red Kite - 1

Buzzard - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1

Kestrel - 4

Lesser BB Gull - 1

Common Gull - 3

Spot Fly North 1st Wood

Swallow West Beach

Red Kite

A sprinkling of variety in the form of a Pied, Spotted Fly and a Tree Pipit  around Bailiffscourt, 3 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear and a Garden Warbler. (OM)

Totals today from RP

 X Feral Pigeon
X Stock Dove
X Common Woodpigeon
2 Collared Dove
1 Common Sandpiper
X Black-headed Gull
X European Herring Gull
1 Great Cormorant
2 Little Egret
1 Grey Heron
4 Great Spotted Woodpecker
3 Eurasian Green Woodpecker
22 Common Magpie
X Eurasian Jackdaw
X Rook
X Carrion Crow
X Eurasian Blue Tit
X Great Tit
12 Eurasian Skylark
2 Common Reed Warbler
14 Barn Swallow
1 Western House Martin
6 Willow Warbler
3 Common Chiffchaff
6 Eurasian Blackcap
8 Common Whitethroat
2 Eurasian Wren
X Common Starling
10 Eurasian Blackbird
6 European Robin
1 Common Redstart
1 Northern Wheatear
4 Dunnock
X House Sparrow
1 Pied Wagtail
X European Greenfinch
X Common Linnet
X European Goldfinch

Birds seen today around the patch. (RP)

7 Mute Swan

5 Mallard

X Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)

14 Stock Dove

X Common Wood-Pigeon

1 Eurasian Moorhen

2 Eurasian Oystercatcher

1 Common Sandpiper

X Black-headed Gull

X European Herring Gull

2 Sandwich Tern

4 Little Egret

2 Gray Heron

1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk

1 Common Buzzard

1 Common Kingfisher

3 Great Spotted Woodpecker 

2 Eurasian Green Woodpecker 

1 Eurasian Kestrel

20 Eurasian Magpie

12 Eurasian Jackdaw

20 Rook

X Carrion Crow

5 Eurasian Blue Tit

4 Great Tit

4 Eurasian Skylark

2 Sedge Warbler

3 Common Reed Warbler

6 Barn Swallow

4 Willow Warbler

4 Common Chiffchaff

14 Greater Whitethroat

1 Dartford Warbler

3 Eurasian Wren

X European Starling

4 Eurasian Blackbird

3 European Robin

4 Dunnock

X House Sparrow

8 European Greenfinch

50 Eurasian Linnet

X European Goldfinch

8 Yellowhammer

2 Reed Bunting

Climping - Atherington: I did a couple of hours this morning, before conditions got too warm and concentrating mainly on the Atherington area. (OM)

Little Egret - 6 (including flock of four high NE)

Heron - 1 over E

Red Kite - 1 over Bailiffscourt woods (drifted off W)

Buzzard - 2

Kestrel - 1

Green Woodpecker - 1

Great Spotted Woodpecker -1

Skylark - 10

Whitethroat - 12

Lesser Whitethroat - 2

Blackcap - 1

Willow Warbler - 15

Chiffchaff - 1

Long-tailed Tit - 15

Greenfinch - 8

Goldfinch - 15

 Fairly quiet from the golf course, along the beach upto and around Bailiffscourt,  covering the campsite and longwood.

Wheatear - 6

Lesser Whitethroat - 7

Willow Warbler - 10

Chiffchaff - 8

Whitethroat - 25

Blackcap - 7

Sedge Warbler - 3

Reed Warbler - 7

Cetti's Warbler - 1 hrd

Yellowhammer - 2

Reed Bunting - 1

Song Thrush - 2

Meadow Pipit - 1

Swift - 1

Swallow - 15

Sparrowhawk - 2

Kestrel - 1

Buzzard - 2

Jay - 1

Green Woodpecker - 3

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Little Egret - 4

Grey Heron - 1

Gannet - 1w

Med Gull - 1

Sandwich Tern - 2

Cormorant - 7w

Dunlin - 1w

Skylark - nc

Greenfinch - nc

House Sparrow - nc

Records for the Tuesday 5th covering Climping & Atherington by (OM)

Buzzard - 2

Kestrel - 2

Swallow - 10

Skylark - 5

Green Woodpecker - 3

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Wheatear - 2

Whitethroat - 20

Willow Warbler 45+

Chiffchaff - 1

Long-tailed Tit - 10

Linnet - 10

Greenfinch - 4

Goldfinch 20

Linnet - 8

Yellowhammer - 1

Very quiet this morning with fewer numbers than the previous few days, with the exception being a Redstart in front of the old horse paddock and 3 Wheatear in the seta-side Climping Beach.

Nothing of note this morning, but the commoner Warblers still present in good numbers.

Willow Warbler - 26

Lesser Whitethroat - 7

Whitethroat - 24

Garden Warbler - 1

Chiffchaff - 5

Reed Warbler - 14 

Sedge Warbler - 7

Cetti's Warbler - 1

Blackcap - 3

Kingfisher - 1

Little Egret - 7

Swallow - c50

Sand Martin - 2

Swift - 11

Lesser Whiethroat

Cetti's Warbler

Sedge Warbler

Little Egret

 Quiet morning with fewer totals than yesterday, with the highlight being a Cuckoo flying west from the end of Long wood.