April 29th
With a cold and fresh north wind blowing in drizzle we walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and then on to the Oyster Farm and recorded 7 Whitethroats, 3 Lesser Whitethroats, 4 Reed Warblers, 4 Goldfinches, 4 Linnets, 2 Blackcaps, 10 Chaffinches, 7 Mallard, 1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling, 3 Little Egrets, 4 Shelduck, 6 Swallows, 6 Oystercatchers, 5 Sedge Warblers, 9 Mute Swans, 34 Carrion Crows, 2 Red-legged Partridges, 1 Turtle Dove and 1 Chiffchaff.
It felt like a winter's morning as Marc Heath walked from the Towers to Chambers Wall car park and back and noted 3 Blackcaps, 1 Red legged Partridge, 13 Whitethroats, 2  Chiffchaffs, 5 Stock Doves, 10 Mute Swans, 10 Oystercatchers, 5 Swallows, 6 Shelduck, 3 Reed Buntings, 6 Sedge Warblers, 4 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Ringed Plovers, 6 Reed Warblers  and 4 Lesser Whitethroat. There were also 2 Great Crested Grebes, 2 Cuckoos, 2 Kestrels, 1 Hobby, 5 Skylarks, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Turtle Dove heard, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egrets, 1 Shoveler, 1 Gadwall, 1 Wheatear, 1 Common Sandpiper and 83 Gannets E in 3 flocks..