August 17th

After overnight showers we arrived at Reculver where there was a Wheatear to greet us in the car park and a flock of 10 Whimbrel flying W offshore. We then walked to Coldharbour and recorded 4 Oystercatchers, 11 Mediterranean Gulls sitting on the beach and then flying E, 1 Kingfisher, 17 Black-tailed Godwits, a flock of 16 flying E and the bird still in Coldharbour, 2 Little Egrets, 1 Ringed Plover, 2 Sandwich Terns, 17 Goldfinches, 5 Yellow Wagtails, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Shoveler, 7 Redshank, 5 Coot, 5 Stonechats, 9 Linnets, 3 Corn Buntings, 2 Common Gulls, 2 Grey Herons, 3 Mallard and 3 Turnstone.