August 20th

This morning began breezy and overcast with drizzle as we walked from Reculver to Coldharbour but had brightened up a bit as we got back to the Towers. We saw 51 Swallows flying W in two groups, 8 Little Egrets, 3 Grey Herons, 8 Meadow Pipits, 13 Mallard, 7 Redshank, 2 Turnstone, 1 Knot, 2 Oystercatchers, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 juvenile Avocet, 7 Sandwich Terns, 3 Wheatears, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Great Black-backed Gulls, 1 Stonechat, 1 Green Woodpecker and 1 Willow Warbler.

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