Brighter today but still that northerly wind.12.30-2.pm.I walked from Brooklands out to the river,round the sunken marsh,through the hawthorns and then back again.Birds noted - Shelduck 2,G B b Gull 1,Reed Bunting 2,Reed Warbler 10,Lesser Whitethroat 3, Common Whitethroat 2,Chiffchaff 3,Sedge Warbler 1,Cetti`s Warbler 4,Bullfinch 4,Sparrowhawk 1,Linnet 1,Nightingale 3 and Cuckoo 1.
I met Phil Sharp who was just finishing his walk.He told me that he had seen a wader along the river that he thought was possibly a Greenshank,but he didn`t feel confident enough to tick it.So I was pleased when I heard a Greenshank call as I walked around the sunken marsh.On my way back I managed some rather distant pics of the bird.So Phil you have another New Hythe tick.