August 14th
After a sunny start it soon clouded over this morning as we walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour. Birds we saw included 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Partridge calling, 9 Reed Warblers, 18 Cormorants, 1 Kestrel, 11 Whitethroats, 19 Mallard, 5 Coot, 3 Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 12 Yellow Wagtails, 1 Dunlin, 2 Sedge Warblers, 4 Common Sandpipers, 18 Meadow Pipits, 1 juvenile Mediterranean Gull W, 6 Oystercatchers, 21 Turnstone, 20 Linnets, 8 Swallows and 2 Blackcaps.