May 19th
After 18mm of overnight rain this morning was cooler and overcast as we walked along the seawall from Reculver to Coldharbour and back. Birds we recorded included 1 Blackcap, 3 Pied Wagtails, 16 Swifts W, 17 Swallows W, 10 House Martins W, 8 Little Egrets, 2 Little Owls, 8 Ringed Plovers, 11 Turnstone, 22 Oystercatchers, 8 Shelduck, 2 Redshank, 15 Mallard, 1 Whimbrel, 4 Whitethroats, 1 Cuckoo, 4 Lapwings, 3 Wheatears, 1 Short-eared Owl and 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull.

Male Pied Wagtail