April 13th

With showers passing by on either side it was a pleasant sunny morning as I walked at Reculver. Birds I saw included 5 Blackcaps, 4 Chiffchaffs, 5 Cetti's Warblers, 1 Common Buzzard, 12 Chaffinches, 1 Mute Swan, 1 Red-legged Partridge, 20 Tufted Duck, 12 Coot, 2 Greylag Geese, 26 Mallard, including 2 family groups, 3 Sedge Warblers, 2 Skylarks, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Reed Warblers, 2 Little Grebes, 2 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 1 Raven, 1 Kestrel, 2 Long-tailed Tits, 2 Goldfinches, 1 Great Crested Grebe and Pied Wagtails.

Male Pied Wagtail