June 14th

On another scorcher we walked from Chamber's Wall to the Oyster Farm lagoons and recorded 15 Linnets, 9 Whitethroats, 9 Goldfinches, 5 Cetti's Warblers, 2 Kestrels, 5 Mallard, 6 Ringed Plovers, 5 Oystercatchers, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Pied Wagtail, 4 Little Egrets, 3 Swifts W, 1 Corn Bunting and 2 Shelduck. 

In addition to the birds we also found our first 14 Pyramidal Orchids of the year, 1 Norfolk Hawker dragonfly and 5 Small Heath butterflies.

Male Linnet

Pyramidal Orchid

This evening Jum Bloor saw a Common Sandpiper at Coldharbour and a Green Sandpiper in the Oyster Farm.