May 7th
There was a slightly lighter wind this morning as we walked at Reculver and then at Chamber's Wall, Coldharbour and the railway embankment. We saw 3 Blackcaps, 18 Whitethroats, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 immature male Eider, 1 Common Tern, 1 Sandwich Tern, 6 Yellow Wagtails, 1 Turtle Dove, 2 Chiffchaffs, 1 Common Buzzard, 3 Cetti's Warblers, 16 Swallows W, 12 Mallard, 8 Shelduck, 6 Oystercatchers, 2 Common Sandpipers, 1 Lapwing, 80 Carrion Crows, 2 Peregrines, 7 Turnstone, 4 Ringed Plovers, 2 Grey Plovers, 62 Sanderling, 1 Dunlin, 2 Redshank, 3 Little Egrets, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Fulmar W, 4 Swifts, 3 Ring Ouzels, 1 Cuckoo, 5 Greenland Wheatears, 2 Tufted Duck, 1 Hobby and 4 Corn Buntings.
In addition Marc Heath who we met had seen 1 Whinchat, 39 Swallows W, 3 Mediterranean Gulls, 2 Grey Partridges, 28 Swifts, 2 Common Terns, 2 Whimbrel and 10 House Martins.

Summer plumaged Grey Plover

Male Ring Ouzel

This afternoon in almost still conditions we walked from Shuart to Brooksend and back. We saw 2 Chiffchaffs, 3 Whitethroats, 1 Kestrel, 2 purring Turtle Doves, 1 Cuckoo, 10 Ring-necked Parakeets, 1 Corn Bunting, 3 Blackcaps, 2 Whinchats, Marsh Harrier, 2 Green Woodpeckers, 2 Ravens, 1 Sparrowhwak and 1 Goldcrest.