May 19th
Back at Reculver on a beautiful May morning we walked from Reculver to Coldharbour and back along the railway embankment and behind the Oyster Farm. Birds we saw included 2 Blackcaps, 2 Little Owls, 5 Yellow Wagtails, 12 Whitethroats, 12 Oystercatchers, 2 Little Egrets, 16 Swallows W, 1 Egyptian Goose E, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Turnstone, 5 Mallard, 5 Shelduck, 4 Ringed Plovers, 1 Fulmar E, 1 Marsh Harrier, 5 "alba" Wagtails W, 2 Redshank, 10 Linnets, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 8 Swifts, 1 Red Kite, 2 Corn Buntings, 1 Grey Partridge, 1 Grey Heron and 8 Sand Martins.