August 2008
43 species so far this monthCormorant
Little Egret
Grey Heron
Sparrowhawk
Oystercatcher
Ringed Plover
Common Sandpiper
Black Headed Gull
Mediterranean Gull >
Herring Gull >
Great Black-backed Gull
Sandwich Tern >
Common Tern >
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Swift
Swallow
House Martin
Pied Wagtail
Wren
Dunnock >
Robin
Stonechat
Wheatear
Blackbird
Sedge Warbler
Whitethroat
Blackcap
Willow Warbler
Long-tailed Tit
Blue Tit >
Great Tit
Magpie
Jackdaw >
Rook
Carrion Crow
Raven
Starling
House Sparrow >
Chaffinch >
Greenfinch
Goldfinch >
August 12th
Very little around at the moment with most of the resident birds going very quiet while they moult new feathers. 2 Common Sandpipers on the shore at Downclose are the only migrants I've seen so far, but it can't be long before we start seeing a few Willow Warblers about.
August 21st
A Willow Warbler near Old Castle Road was the first migrant I've seen for a while. Just one Swift left over Downclose.
August 29th
The main fall of migrants so far this autumn took place on August 28th - and I had to go to work! Needless to say pretty much everything had gone by the next morning but there was a Sedge Warbler in the reeds above Downclose cutting and a Med Gull in the harbour.
August 31st
August finished with a flourish as the last day added 6 birds to the list for the month. First a Raven appeared over Asda; then a juvenile Stonechat was by Downclose cutting; next a group of 8 migrant Wheatears were found on the rocks at Wellworthys; a Rook was feeding on the athletics ground and finally a Pied Wagtail flew over Marsh Road.