August 24th
On another very hot morning with the temperature 20C at 0700 and 28C by the time we left we walked from Chamber's Wall and around Coldharbour. Birds we saw included 1 Turtle Dove, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldfinches, 5 Whitethroats, 14 Linnets, 5 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 1 Curlew, 2 Little Egrets, 2 Dunlin, 1 Yellow Wagtail, a flock of 12 Common Sandpipers, 12 Ringed Plovers, 3 Mallard, 7 Cormorants, 10 Oystercatchers, 3 Willow Warblers and 1 Lesser Whitethroat.

Redshank and Greenshank

Dave Smith was also out and walked from Reculver returning along the railway embankment and recorded 1 Mediterranean Gull, 20 Yellow Wagtails, 6+ Wheatears, 3 Whinchats, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Sandwich Terns and 1 Kingfisher.
At Grenham Bay Terry Wilson found 16 Dunlin, 14 Ringed Plovers, 3 Redshank, 22 Oystercatchers, 2 Sandwich Terns and 2 Wheatears.