4 cormorant flying over flamingo towards alpha pool, 10 swallow not far behind going the same direction. reed bunting, goldfinch, skylark, 400-600 starling by boatrick house, magpie, crow, jackdaw, common tern, common gull, lesser black backed gull, blackheaded gull, oystercatcher, dunlin, lapwing, redshank, avocet, 10 little egret, greylag geese, little ringed plover, coot, kestrel, wood pigeon, collared dove, mallard…

7 egret, lapwing, roughly 40 avocet, coot, black headed gull, greater black backed gull, goldfinch, skylark, mallard, shelduck, and canada geese. A quiet day at the pools, only due to the fact I forgot my bins! A mistake I will never make again. My thanks to Mark and Rebekah for joining me on patrol.

20 whimbrel (North end of Flamingo Pool), one grey plover, five little ringed plover, two ringed plover, 6 dunlin, seven greenshank, four green sandpipers, one common sandpiper, 16 black-tailed godwits, 400 avocets, one curlew, 45 redshanks and 16 oystercatchers. Lapwings present but not counted. Many thanks to Gordon Allison for this addition to the blog.

Avocet 477
Little Ringed Plover 12
Greenshank 6
Ruff 2
Dunlin 8
Com Sandpiper 1
Green Sandpiper 1
Blacktailed Godwit 3

Also a Nightingale heard calling, 4 broods of Shelduck, 2 Sandwich Terns on the river and usual scatter of L/Egrets. From the 2nd mound I saw c10 Marbled Whites

200 - 300 avocet, 3 x black tailed godwit, 4 x little egret, blue tit, carrion crow, coot, common gull, great black backed gull, great spotted woodpecker, greenfinch, grey heron, herring gull, kestrel, linnet, little grebe, oystercatcher, reed warbler, sedge warbler, skylark, tufted duck, woodpigeon, black headed gull, blackbird, canada goose, collared dove, common sandpiper, cormorant, great crested grebe, green sandpiper…

A blistering day at Cliffe. The birds taking to the deeper cooler pools for respite. Shelduck, redshank, lapwing and black-headed gulls all sat together on the black barn pools seen from the first viewing mound. Reed bunting from the thick growth singing furiously by black barn too. A grey heron flew overhead towards rye street. Many thanks to Danny for accompanying me, a pleasure as usual. A slight drop in water levels from…

Crow, magpie, jack daw, skylark, reed bunting, mute swan x2, curlew x 19, avocet x42, approx 200 shelduck, redshank, lapwing and others on the reserve. I counted 170 selduck with a large group still to go before they decided to take a trip and mess my count up. typical.

A significant article for Cliffe Pools...

http://www.rspb.org.uk/community/blogs/specialplaces/archive/2010/06/16/cliffe-reprieved-again.aspx

Shelduck, canada goose, black headed gull, avocet, skylark, magpie, great crested grebe, jack daw, carrion crow, and cuckoo. Would like to say thank you to Simon for calling the office to report the eels he had seen. The dog bins have been installed to satisfy the welcomed animal owners/lovers at Cliffe. A quiet weekend now most chicks have fledged. Many thanks to James for accompanying me.

black headed gull, lapwing, shelduck, grey lag geese, avocet x2, oyestercatcher x2, redshank x2, jack daw, magpie, cuckoo, kestrel, dunnock, skylark, mute swan, goldfinch and little grebe. Many thanks to carol for leading a visit to cliffe with her group and also a quick hello to alan who i met on the reserve, i hope you enjoyed your afternoon.  

Shelduck, grey lag geese, chaffinch, mute swan, mallard, black headed gull, magpie, skylark, jack daw, carrion crow, kestrel, cuckoo, house sparrow, linnet, collared dove, wood pigeon, coot and little egret on and around pools. A warm summers day with many to follow hopefully.  

Jack daw, wood pigeon, collared dove, sedge warbler,cuckoo, skylark, green woodpecker, kestrel, shelduck, great crested grebe, coot, chaffinch, mallard, goldfinch, grey lag and canada geese, nightingale, oystercatcher, avocet, meadow pipet, redshank, lapwing, swallow, swift, cormorant, starling, little egret, stonechat, linnet, little grebe, common tern, turtle dove, black headed gull, lesser black backed gull and great…

A pair of marsh harrier with one young flying over and around the ammunition factory today past boatrick house. Avocet, oystercatcher, redshank, black headed gull and more to be seen on the pools.  A jay was sat in woodland by the pinnacle. Shelduck, in great numbers, to view on flamingo pool.

canada goose, grey lag goose, grey heron, little egret, great crested grebe, coot, mallard, black-headed gull, avocet, oyster catcher, lapwing, reed bunting, skylark, chaffinch, cormorant, and others available for all to see on the reserve. Was an amazing day in the sunshine. The reserve was sparkling from the pinnacle. Thank you to all volunteers.  

Shelduck, great crested grebe, chaffinch, jackdaw, nightingale, skylark, green woodpecker, mute swan, cuckoo, black-headed gull, greenshank, oystercatcher, coot, moorhen, wood pigeon, peregrine, mallard, grey lag geese and little egret to name a few. The weather was excellent! 

Fun for all the family, tabel top dipping, insect sweeping, arts and crafts, sea wall activities, treasure hunt and refreshments. this is going to be a great day and i look forward to seeing you there.