A flock of c35 Barnacle Geese flew west at Climping Beach this morning, also a Short-eared Owl in off the sea. (RG)

Late afternoon stroll in the sun and calm condidtions with 8 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 3 Reed Bunting, 30 Linnet, 8 Skylark, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, c50 Med Gull.

Single Wheatear in the set aside

 Rather uneventful although groups of Skylark heading into the wind south out to sea. 

Gannet - 50 + with large feeding party some distance offshore 

Kestrel - 4

Chiffchaff - 20+

Blackcap - 3

Cetti’s Warbler - 1 

Goldcrest - 4 

Stonechat -12

Reed Bunting - 2

Skylark - c80, including c40 heading south out to sea 

Meadow Pipit - c75 

Goldfinch - c100 E

Swallow - 25 

Siskins - heard 

Magpie - 30+ including group of 26

Peregrine - 1

Buzzard - 1

Little Rgret - 1

Turnstone - 5W

Oysercatcher - 1W

Great-crested Grebe - 1 os

Med Gull - c75 os

Records for Saturday 16th

Apart from the two adult Peregrines, rather uneventful with not much on the move(RG)

Sparrow - 1

Kestrel - 1

Peregrine - 2

Chiffchaff - 19

Blackcap - 3

Cetti's Warbler - 1 

Stonechat - 9

Skylark - 5

Pied Wagtail - 5

Grey Wagtail - 2

Meadow Pipit - 70

Goldfinch - 185E

Siskin - heard

Brambling - heard

Bullfinch - heard 

Little Egret - 1

Quick report from this morning.. Uneventful and rainy morning around Climping perhaps saved by a Kingfisher at the small (and pretty grim) Atherington Pool. Just to ensure my eyes weren’t deceiving me I checked on the way back and it was still there. (AH)

Magpies c12

Kingfisher 

Song thrush 2 

Buzzard 

GS Woodpecker 

Sandwich Tern on Groyne, 1 East 

C35 Med Gulls on sea 

2 GC Grebe on sea 

2 Grey Wags 2 

Pheasant 

Green Woodpecker 

Kestrel 

Linnets N/C 

Goldfinches N/C 

2 Reed Bunting 

Yellow Hammer 

9 Pied Wagtails 

3 Grey Partridge flushed from Paddock 

7 Stonechat 

2 Thrush types flew from Paddock, possible Redwing.