July 7th
On a glorious summer's morning we walked from Reculver to Coldharbour and back. Birds we saw included 4 Pied Wagtails, 4 Lapwings W, 35 Linnets, 2 Swifts W, 12 Swallows W, 1 Kestrel, 5 Oystercatchers, 4 Meadow Pipits, 3 Sedge Warblers, 5 Little Egrets and 5 Stonechats consisting of 2 adults with a second brood of 3 recently fledged juveniles. We also saw 8 Cormorants, 3 Reed Buntings, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Reed Warblers, 2 Ringed Plovers, 64 Black-headed Gulls W, 1 Common Tern, 5 Whitethroats, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull and 4 Goldfinches.

Male Linnet