Halling (Common) October 9th.

Weather,cloudy but bright,light east,chilly,later rain.

Today I made a short visit from 10:am-11:am,the river was right down.Birds noted were B h Gull 40+,Common Gull 6,Herring Gull 6,L B b Gull 1,Lapwing 10,Grey Heron 4,Cormorant 3,Moorhen 3,Kestral 1(mobbed by 50+ Starling),Magpie 8,Carrion Crow 5,Jackdaw 5,Wood Pigeon 22,Green Woodpecker 1, Jay 1,Robin 2, Dunnock 1,Blue Tit 4,Great Tit 2,Meadow Pipit 8,Yellowhammer 4,Linnet 2,Greenfinch 3,Goldfinch 6,Cetti`s Warbler 1(calling from the Wouldham side of the river) and 2 Little Grebe (both of which were on the river).



I popped into New Hythe a little later and saw the Green Sandpiper on the scrape and 6 flighty Song Thrush in the west scrub,I still havn`t had any Redwing or Fieldfare