A quiet day with 18 Swifts, 12 House Martins, 3 Willow Warblers, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 3 Reed Warblers, 3 Mistle Thrushes, Robin, 3 Yellow Wagtails, Pied Wagtail, 4 Corn Buntings, Cuckoo, Common Buzzard, Grey Heron, 8 Little Egrets, 6 Tufted Ducks, 9 Oystercatchers, 49 Curlews and 2 Whimbrels.

fairly typical summer's day.   Moving north were 66 Swifts, 29 Swallows, 4 House Martins and 2 Sand Martins.   Other birds seen included 2 Cuckoos, Turtle Dove, 2 Kestrels, Hobby, Marsh Harrier, 2 Mistle Thrushes, Pied Wagtail, 3 Yellow Wagtails (all juveniles), 4 Corn Buntings, 4 Cormorants, 4 Tufted Ducks and 6 Little Egrets

WeBS count between Stonebridge and Pye's Hall today.   Most significant were 55 Common Scoters, 27 Shelducks plus 17 young, Teal, Tufted Duck, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, 15 Little Egrets, 10 Cormorants, Common Tern, 6 Curlews, 33 Oystercatchers, 5 Redshanks, Quail, 2 Swifts, 3 Cuckoos, 12 Swallows and 2 Corn Buntings.

 Stonebridge to Pye's Hall -   45 Common Scoters flew south over the sea.   Other relevant birds were 7 Mute Swans, 22 Mallard, 3 Teal, 36 Shelducks, 8 Oystercatchers plus 3 young, Curlew, 2 Redshanks, 10 Little Egrets, 3 Cormorants, Peregrine, Hobby, Pied Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, 4 Swifts, 12 Swallows, 2 House Martins, 2 Quails, 2 Cuckoos, Blackcap and 4 Corn Buntings

11th June:- a fine Wood Warbler trapped and ringed at 0755, but more remarkable was the retrapping of the Icterine Warbler which had been ringed on 30th May and then released into my garden.   It had managed to return to the same patch of bushes on the dunes.   Also of note were 7 Long-tailed Tits, Sedge Warbler, 9 Little Egrets and an adult Spoonbill.   In the late morning and afternoon, a visit to Pye's Hall and around the realignment area added 40 Shelducks, 2 Shovelers, 15 more Little Egrets, 4 Cuckoos, 2 Common Buzzards, 25 Swifts and a Quail.

12th:- at the south end were 9 Little Egrets, 500 Starlings, 2 Hobbies, Common Buzzard, 3 Kestrels, Turtle Dove, 5 Cuckoos, 10 Corn Buntings, 48 Stock Doves, Lapwing and a Mistle Thrush.

 

 

 It was hard to find much this morning.   An adult Spoonbill was present with 14 Little Egrets by the flashes, otherwise Common Buzzard, Grey Heron, 7 Corn Buntings, 5 Yellow Wagtails, 3 Cuckoos, 75 Swifts, 16 Swallows, 4 Reed Warblers, Willow Warbler, Blackcap,  Mistle Thrush and Turtle Dove.

Two Little Terns passed north at sea and 2 Sandwich Terns south, but these were merely transient birds.   When I returned to the dunes, the birds of the day were 2 Spoonbills that headed south.   Other birds of note were 13 Little Egrets, 3 Grey Herons, 2 Kestrels, Common Buzzard, 11 Shelducks, 10 Mallard, 6 Tufted Ducks, 17 Oystercatchers, 7 Redshanks, 2 Cormorants, 3 Cuckoos, 40 Stock Doves, 650 Starlings, 7 Corn Buntings, 3 Yellow Wagtails, Swift and 3 House Martins.