May 1st
After yesterday's storm it dawned sunny this morning to show the damage to the beach between Reculver and Minnis Bay with Coldharbour particularly badly hit and most of the recent work done by the Environment Agency ruined.
Matt was out early and walked at various sites at Reculver and recorded 10 Yellow Wagtails, 22 Goldfinches, 4 Chiffchaffs, 3 Willow Warblers,  2 Lesser Whitethroats, 2 Garden Warblers (158th), 1 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroats, 5 Wheatears, 8 Shelduck, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 2 Little Egrets, 1 Common Sandpiper and 1 Cuckoo.
We then met him at Chamber's Wall and we walked along the seawall to Plumpudding and back along the railway embankment. Birds we saw included 8 Yellow Wagtails, 3 Willow Warblers, 8 Reed Warblers, 30 Whitethroats, 25 Goldfinches W, 4 Lesser Whitethroats, 3 Cetti's Warblers, 2 Long-tailed Tits, 2 Blackcaps, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Wheatears, 11 Swallows, 2 Whimbrel, 37 Linnets, 4 Marsh Harriers, 2 Ringed Plovers, 1 alba Wagtail W, 4 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron and 1 Cuckoo.
Ron Dubbins had a pleasant early morning walk from the Towers to Coldharbour Lagoon and back and among the birds he saw was 1 male Whinchat, 7  Wheatears, 1 male Yellow Wagtail, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling away near the lagoon and along the shoreline 19 Turnstone many in full summer plumage.
This afternoon we had a walk at Shuart and recorded 3 Blackcaps, 3 Green Woodpeckers, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroats, 3 Lapwings, 1 Whimbrel and 1 Turtle Dove.