April 13th
On another beautiful spring morning I began by walking from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and saw 1 Whitethroat, 7 Chiffchaffs, 2 Green Woodpeckers, 15 Cormorants, 22 Linnets, 12 Sedge Warblers, 1 Blackcap, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 3 Song Thrushes, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 10 Mute Swans, 5 Mallard, 4 Oystercatchers, 14 Redshank, 2 Stonechats, 2 Goldfinches, 4 Ringeed Plovers, 11 Turnstone, 1 Little Egret, 2 Shelduck, 1 Mediterranean Gull E, 2 Green Sandpipers, 1 Marsh Harrier and 1 Swallow.
I then drove to Reculver and found 5 Chiffchaffs, 2 Blackcaps, 7 Tufted Ducks, 2 Green Woodpeckers, 2 Black Redstarts, 1 Little Egret, 2 Willow Warblers, 5 Song Thrushes, 1 Short-eared Owl, 2 Grey Partridges, 1 Stonechat, 1 Little Owl, 8 Linnets and 2 Swallows.

Stonechat

Derek Smith was out at Shuart between 0830 and 1100 and recorded our first Cuckoo (148th) at Plumpudding. Other birds he saw included 3 Marsh Harriers, 2 Mediterranean Gulls E, 4 Ring-necked Parakeets, 5 Sand Martins, 12 Blackcaps, 2 Lesser Whitethroats, 4 Whitethroats, 14 Sedge Warblers, 17 Chiffchaffs, 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Cetti's Warblers and 1 Siskin.