April 16th
It was a much better morning both weatherwise and birdwise as we walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and on to the Oyster Farm. We counted 4 Chiffchaffs, 2 Goldfinches, 22 Corn Buntings, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 2 Tufted Duck, 1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Sedge Warblers, 1 Marsh Harrier, 8 Mallard, 3 Little Egrets, 3 Redshank, 5 Turnstone, 8 Oystercatchers, 6 Mediterranean Gulls E, 1 Coot, 4 Ringed Plovers, 1 Fulmar E, 1 Wheatear, 1 Whitethroat, 28 Sanderling, 14 Linnets, 2 Shelduck, 2 Sandwich Terns, 1 Swallow, 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Blackcap, 1 Reed Warbler (140th) and 1 Willow Warbler.

Male Tufted Duck

Sandwich Terns

Marc Heath was out before us and between 0600 and 1000 he walked from Reculver to Plumpudding and back. He counted 3 Blackcaps, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Red-legged Partridges, 41 Sand Martins, 1 Common Sandpiper (141st) on the rocks below the Towers, 3 Canada Geese (142nd) on the sea before flying E, 15 Linnets, 10 Stock Doves, 6 Mute Swans, 14 Redshank, 10 Oystercatchers, 7 Ringed Plovers, 14 Mallard, 9 Skylarks, 2 Great Crested Grebes and 4 Shelduck. He also saw 11 Reed Buntings, 1 Little Egret, 5 Chiffchaffs, 3 Whitethroats, 2 Stonechats, 2 Wheatears, 11 Sedge Warblers, 2 Marsh Harriers, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 1 Grey Heron, 40 Corn Buntings, 2 Tufted Duck, 4 adult Mediterranean Gulls, 2 Short-eared Owls and 2 Sandwich Terns.