April 26th
As forecast there was an overnight change in the weather so that as we walked from Chamber's Wall to Reculver there was a fresh and cool NE breeze blowing heavy drizzle in off the sea. We managed to see 5 Blackcaps, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Green Woodpecker, 10 Reed Warblers, 8 Mute Swans, 10 Tufted Duck, 1 Swift (154th), 30 Sand Martins, 1 Garden Warbler, 15 Swallows, 1 Gannet E, 11 Sandwich Terns E, 5 Whitethroats, 2 Chiffchaffs, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 migrant Song Thrushes, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Merlin, 12 Shelduck, 7 Yellow Wagtails, 13 Mallard, 1 male Whinchat, 11 Oystercatchers, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Sedge Warblers, 4 Dunlin, 1 Shoveler, 2 Curlew, 8 Ringed Plovers, 1 Grey Plover, 5 Turnstone, 1 Common Sandpiper, 6 Whimbrel, 1 Little Egret, 2 Pied Wagtails, 1 Common Tern and 1 Hobby.
Between 0600 and 1000 Derek Smith walked from Shuart to Plumpudding and then along the railway embankment to Chamber's Wall and Potten Street. Birds he counted included 2 Marsh Harriers, 1 Hobby W, 1 Merlin W, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Cuckoo, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 13 Blackcaps, 33 Whitethroats, 3 Reed Warblers, 27 Sedge Warblers, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 3 Cetti's Warblers and 3 Willow Warblers.