May 18th
The warm sun was shining this morning as we walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and saw 4 Mute Swans, 5 Mallard, 6 Cormorants, 4 Oystercatchers, 1 Redshank, 3 Common Sandpipers, 1 Cuckoo, 4 Yellow Wagtails, 1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling, 9 Reed Warblers, 1 Lesser Whitethroats, 11 Whitethroats, 2 Blackcaps, 1 Chiffchaff and 4 Linnets.

Salsify in flower

Marc Heath was also out this morning and his highlights were 2 Nightingales at Shuart and 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Mediterranean Gulls W, 1 Grasshopper Warbler and 1 Tree Pipit at Chamber's Wall.