August 26th
On a stormy morning with a strong SSW wind blowing in showers we arrived at Reculver at 0740 in the hope of missing the heavy rain forecast for 1000. We walked up to Coldharbour and back and recorded 3 Fulmars W, 1 Black Redstart, 3 Common Terns, 35 Swifts S, 39 Yellow Wagtails feeding on the beach out of the wind, 5 Sandwich Terns, 112 Ringed Plovers, 9 Sanderling, 20 Turnstone, 3 Little Egrets, 31 Linnets, 1 Peregrine, 2 Wheatears, 8 Cormorants, 2 Redshank, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Oystercatchers, 3 Common Sandpipers, 1 Curlew, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Dunlin, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Whinchat and 9 Mute Swans.