July 10th 

It was overcast this morning with the threat of rain as we walked from Chamber's Wall and Coldharbour and on as far as the Green Wall. We recorded 14 Linnets, 4 Whitethroats, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Curlew, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Turtle Dove, 2 Pied Wagtails, 18 Meadow Pipits, 6 Oystercatchers, 8 Common Terns, 11 Turnstone, 3 Little Egrets, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Mallard, 2 Ringed Plovers, 6 Gannets flying W, 3 Swifts flying W, 22 Black-headed Gulls flying W in a tight flock, 1 Redshank, 1 Whimbrel, 11 Skylarks, 1 male Marsh Harrier and 1 Common Buzzard.

Adult Black-headed Gull at Coldharbour