May 14th
At Shuart this morning Matt saw 1 Turtle Dove, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Lesser Whitethroat and 2 Common Terns and at the Roman Galley we heard the Nightingale and saw a Turtle Dove.
It was a showery morning with a SW breeze blowing as we walked from Chamber's Wall to the Oyster Farm and back via Coldharbour. We counted 18 Whitethroats, 1 Blackcap, 2 Grey Herons, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 46 Swallows W, 2 Little Egrets, 8 Oystercatchers, 1 Redshank, 5 Shelduck, 6 Ringed Plovers, 1 House Martin W, 2 Sand Martins W, 13 Mallard, 3 Turnstone, 1 Wheatear, 2 Swifts W, 3 Dunlin, 1 Little Stint and 1 Lapwing.

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