July 14th
On a damp and breezy morning we walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and counted 10 Linnets, 8 Skylarks, 1 juvenile Cuckoo, 5 Whitethroats, 4 Little Egrets, 6 Oystercatchers, 1 Redshank, 12 Shelduck, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 juvenile Mediterranean Gull and 1 Turnstone.
Between 0630 and 0845 Derek Smith walked from Shuart to Plumpudding and Coldharbour and back along the railway embankment. His highlights were 15 Little Egrets, 4 Kestrels and 4 Common Sandpipers.