April 28th

It was a sunny and increasingly warm morning as we walked from Reculver to Coldharbour where the tide was out. We counted 7 Cetti's Warblers, 8 Great Crested Grebes, 2 Grey Herons, 3 Little Egrets, 11 Mute Swans, 13 Whitethroats, 20 Linnets, 1 Shelduck, 3 Common Terns, 4 Swallows W, 1 Pied Wagtail, 8 Oystercatchers, 11 Sedge Warblers, 4 Mallard, 2 Stonechats, 4 Greylag Geese, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Reed Warblers, 5 Ringed Plovers, 1 Greenshank, 7 Mediterranean Gulls E and 1 Blackcap.

Male Stonechat

 

Common Terns

Derek Smith walked from Shuart and along the railway embankment to Coldharbour and back. He recorded 1 Little Egret, 4 Greylag Geese, 4 Marsh Harriers, 2 Red Kites W, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Terns, 10 Oystercatchers, 2 Cuckoos, 1 Yellow Wagtail W, 1 Song Thrush on the seawall, 7 Lesser Whitethroats, 1 singing Garden Warbler (158th) and 1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling near the Shuart crossing.

I received information today about a first year Chiffchaff we ringed at Shuart on 26th September 2024. It has been controlled at Bright Mead, Wiltshire on 18th April. Bright Mead is 238 km W of Shuart.