May 20th
Although it was mainly sunny this morning a warm, southerly wind was blowing thickening cloud up from the Continent. We walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and recorded 4 Mute Swans, 1 Shelduck, 5 Mallard, 5 Cormorants, 1 Kestrel, 4 Oystercatchers, 2 Ringed Plovers, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Cuckoos, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 8 Reed Warblers, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Whitethroats, 4 Blackcaps and 7 Linnets.