A quick visit this morning around the patch produced 61 Sand Martin moving west, 6 Swift in off the sea, a Whimbrel heard only and the first Wheatear of the autumn. (RK)

Another quiet morning around Climping beach, very little moving offshore and the usual suspects in the bushes.

Whimbrel - 1w
Curlew - 5w
Sandwich Tern - 3w
Mediterranean Gull - 2w 2e 12 on beach
Ringed Plover - 4w
Turnstone - 19 beach
Oystercatcher - 2
Common Sandpiper - 1 Marina
Little Egret - 5w 1e
Sand Martin - 8w
House Martin - c. 30 feeding over fields
Swift - 5
Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1
Green Woodpecker - 1
Skylark - 4
Reed Warbler - 4
Whitethroat - 20

Lesser BB Gull Marina

Oystercatcher

Greenfinch

I covered the beach this morning from West Beach upto Climping and noticed several Med Gulls along the shoreline, numbers of both Linnets and Goldfinch on the increase, and juv Whitethroat and Reed Warbler in the bushes.

Mediterranean Gull - 27w and 19 on beach
Common Tern - 3 on beach
Sandwich Tern - 5e 1w
Ringed Plover - 3 on beach
Oystercatcher - ew
Grey Heron - 2
Little Egret - 2
Stonechat - 1
Kestrel - 2
Sparrowhawk - 2
Buzzard -1

Med Gulls Climping Beach

Ringed Plover West Beach

Reed Warbler

Linnet

Kestrel

White-letter Hairstreak

Reports from yesterday include, 2 House and 9 Sand Martin, 4 Little Egret, 2 Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Med Gull and a single Brent Goose east.