July 23rd

On a cooler morning with a fresh easterly wind blowing Matt walked from Reculver to Coldharbour and we met him on the seawall. Between us we recorded 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper,  3 Grey Herons, 1 female Mallard with 10 juveniles, 11 Stock Dove, 2 Sandwich Terns, 4 Yellow Wagtails, 9 Little Egrets, 1 Kestrel, 3 Stonechats, 1 juvenile Peregrine, 8 Redshank, 1 Dunlin, 3 Common Terns, 1 adult and 2 juveniles, 8 Mediterranean Gulls, 1 adult, 1 second calendar year and 6 juveniles, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 5 Turnstone, 4 Ringed Plovers and 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker. 

Juvenile Mediterranean Gulls - Matt Hindle

Adult Mediterranean Gull