May 21st
On an increasingly muggy morning we walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour. Birds we saw included 22 Reed Warblers, 5 Goldfinches, 18 Sedge Warblers, 15 Skylarks, 5 Yellow Wagtails, 10 Whitethroats, 3 Blackcaps, 7 Linnets, 4 Swallows, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Partridge, 9 Shoveler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Mallard, 6 Oystercatchers, 1 Cuckoo, 8 Meadow Pipits, 13 Ringed Plovers, 1 Common Sandpiper, 5 Shelduck, 11 Turnstone, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 Reed Buntings, 2 Coot, 1 Kestrel, 1 Chiffchaff and 1 Hobby.

Female Yellow Wagtail

This afternoon 2 Red Kites flew W together over our garden at Bishopstone.

Red Kite