May 5th
As we left the house this morning a Hobby zipped across the road and over the houses. We then drove to Chamber's Wall and walked up to Coldharbour and the Oyster Farm before returning along the Green Wall. Although still windy the weather was better than the last couple of days and the sun even shone for half an hour. We counted 4 Goldfinches, 19 Whitethroats, 2 Chiffchaffs, 2 Blackcaps, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 2 Lapwings, 1 Whinchat, 5 Shelduck, 84 Carrion Crows, 6 Linnets, 11 Mallard, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Gannets E, 6 Oystercatchers, 2 Swallows W, 7 Grey Plovers E, 3 Sanderling E, 3 Sandwich Terns, 4 Ringed Plovers, 2 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Egrets, 2 Redshank, 5 adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls E, 1 Purple Sandpiper roosting on the beach, 2 Turnstone, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel and 1 Swift.

Whinchat