May 5th
On another beautiful morning we walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and the Oyster Farm before dropping in at Reculver on the way home. We saw 1 Kestrel, 12 Whitethroats, 3 Cuckoos, 2 Blackcaps, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 10 Linnets, 2 Turtle Doves, 4 Goldfinches, 12 Oystercatchers, 19 Mallard, including 8 new hatched ducklings, 26 Turnstone, 4 Swallows, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Ringed Plovers, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 2 Tufted Ducks, 4 Shelduck and 1 Common Treecreeper.

Male Linnet

Derek Smith was out between 0500 and 0900 and walked from Shuart to Plumpudding and Coldharbour and back via the railway embankment. He counted 3 Cuckoos, 5 Blackcaps, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 37 Whitethroats, 27 Reed Warblers, 35 Sedge Warblers, 4 Chiffchaffs, 5 Cetti's Warblers, 4 Tufted Duck, 17 Shelduck E, 2 Mediterranean Gulls E and a flock of about 70 waders flying high east at around 0730 which were possibly the flock of Black-tailed Godwits seen at Swalecliffe earlier.