April 6th
On an increasingly windy morning with occasional light showers we walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and then visited Reculver on the way home. We saw 6 Chiffchaffs, 16 Linnets W, 1 Common Whitethroat, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Marsh Harriers, 9 Cormorants, 8 Mallard, 4 Redshank, 2 Mute Swans, 14 Oystercatchers, 1 Curlew, 12 Chaffinches, 1 Blackcap, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Swallow, 7 Tufted Ducks, 10 Sand Martins, 2 Teal, and 1 male Black Redstart sheltering from the wind and rain on the rocks below the Towers.
Marc Heath was out later and got soaked but saw 2 Ravens flying W towards the Towers, 1 Black Redstart, 5 Swallows, 7 Sand Martins, 7 Yellow Wagtails, 1 Scandinavian Rock Pipit, 4 White Wagtails, 3 Wheatears, 7 Corn Buntings, 1 Common Whitethroat and 1 Great Northern Diver offshore.

Male Black Redstart singing - Marc Heath

Raven - Marc Heath

Terry Wilson birded in the Minnis Bay area and saw 2 Chiffchaffs, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Buntings, 1 Swallow, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Shelduck and 1 Curlew.