April 30th
On a cool and mainly overcast morning we walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and then on to the Oyster Farm lagoons. We counted 15 Whitethroats, 1 Blackcap, 4 Goldfinches, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Marsh Harrier, 6 Linnets, 9 Mallard, 2 Tufted Duck, 1 Shelduck, 1 immature male Eider, 6 Ringed Plovers, 102 Sanderling, 8 Oystercatchers, 2 Turnstone, 17 Swallows W, 3 Stonechats, 1 Little Egret, 1 House Martin W, 2 Bar-tailed Godwits W and 1 Greenshank.

Immature male Eider

Sanderling moulting into summer plumage