April 16th
Matt was out early at Shuart where he saw 8 Blackcaps, 3 Chiffchaffs, 2 Sedge Warblers, 2 Whitethroats, 1 Turtle Dove, 1 Ring Ouzel, 1 Cetti's Warbler and 2 Common Buzzards.
We then met him at Reculver and we walked up to Coldharbour and back around the railway embankment and Green Wall before walking inland. Birds we saw included 4 Pied Wagtails, 7 Shelduck, 25 Linnets, 3 Little Egrets, 20 Goldfinches W, 4 Mediterranean Gulls E, 2 Redshank, 5 Whitethroats, 4 Mallards, 4 Oystercatchers, 5 Sedge Warblers, 11 Turnstone, 1 Whimbrel (144th), 1 Curlew, 2 Ringed Plovers, 5 Chiffchaffs, 1 Rock Pipit, 4 Yellow Wagtails, 3 Cetti's Warblers, 3 Willow Warblers, 23 Mute Swans, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Blackcaps, 1 Redpoll W and 1 Coot.
We also found at least 20 Black Oil Beetles along the embankment behind the Oyster Farm.

Black Oil Beetle

This afternoon we spent an hour at the Towers and counted 120 Sanderling roosting on one of the groynes, 9 Sandwich Terns, 20 Swallows W, 6 Meadow Pipits W, 12 Common Scoter, 2 Great Crested Grebes, 4 Red-throated Divers, 4 Mediterranean Gulls W, 1 Rook and 3 Carrion Crows in off and 6 House Martins W (145th).
Marc Heath had a Red Kite flying W over Reculver School at 1325.