May 5th
The sun was shining brightly and there was a gentle southerly breeze as we walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour this morning. It is still relatively quiet but we did see 4 Mute Swans, 2 Shelduck, 2 Mallard, 1 Gadwall, 2 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 14 Oystercatchers, 2 Common Sandpipers, 2 Common Terns, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Wheatear, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 7 Reed Warblers, 15 Sedge Warblers, 2 Lesser Whitethroats, 13 Whitethroats, 2 Blackcaps, 1 Chiffchaff and 6 Linnets. We also saw a Hairy Dragonfly.

Female Tufted Duck

This morning at Grenham Bay, Terry Wilson found 3 Eider, 2 males and 1 female, and 4 Common Terns and at Minnis Bay there were 5 Turnstone, 1 Curlew, 20 Sanderling and 2 Wheatears.