Wednesday, 10 May 2017

May 10th
On another beautiful spring morning we walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and the Oyster Farm and back along the railway embankment. We saw 22 Whitethroats, 3 Lesser Whitethroats, 2 Blackcaps, 14 Linnets, 1 Marsh Harrier, 25 Swallows, 1 Swift, 2 Pied Wagtails, 1 White Wagtail, 14 Oystercatchers, 2 Common Terns, 4 Ringed Plovers, 1 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 3 Sand Martins, 4 Shelduck, 2 Shoveler, 1 Cuckoo, 3 Cetti's Warblers, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Whinchat and 1 Green Woodpecker.
This morning Terry Wilson walked from Minnis Bay to Coldharbour and recorded 2 Shelduck, 2 Oystercatchers, 2 Common Terns, 6 Turnstone, 2 Sanderling, 12 Oystercatchers, 3 Grey Plovers and good numbers of Swallows.

Male and female Shoveler

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