August 16th
This morning we walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and saw 6 Mute Swans, 8 Mallard, 7 Cormorants, 4 Grey Partridges, 3 Oystercatchers, 2 Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Woodpecker, 8 Swallows, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Tree Pipits, 6 Sedge Warblers, 2 Whitethroats and 15 Linnets.
We met Derek Smith at the railway crossing as he was walking from Shuart and then back along the seawall. He saw 2 Little Egrets, 1 juvenile Marsh Harrier, 1 Greenshank, 4 Dunlin, 1 Turtle Dove W, 4 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Wheatears, 12 Sedge Warblers, 15 Reed Warblers, 3 Blackcaps, 40  Whitethroats, 2 Willow Warblers and 4 Chiffchaffs.
Terry Wilson was also out at Grenham Bay this morning and counted 1 Fulmar, 3 Little Egrets, 20 Oystercatchers, 6 Ringed Plovers, 8 Turnstone and 2 Dunlin.