April 26th

On another overcast, cold and windy morning we walked from Chamber's Wall and back along the Green Wall and counted 5 Cetti's Warblers, 15 Whitethroats, 22 Linnets, 2 Chiffchaffs, 2 Goldfinches, 29 Sedge Warblers, 5 Reed Warblers, 4 Swallows W, 8 Mallard, 4 Oystercatchers, 40 Turnstone, 2 Stonechats, 3 Mediterranean Gulls, 1 summer plumaged Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Gannet E and 1 Green Woodpecker.

Summer plumaged male Bar-tailed Godwit

Matt was also out during the morning and walked the Shuart, Neterhale and Brooksend loop. He recorded 7 Blackcaps, 2 Chiffchaffs, 2 Lesser Redpolls W, 3 Mistle Thrushes, 30 Swallows, 2 House Martins, 20 adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls feeding behind a tractor, a Greylag Goose family, 1 Little Grebe, 6 Tufted Ducks, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Whitethroats, 1 male Shoveler, 5 Cetti's Warblers, 5 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Bar-tailed Godwits, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Sedge Warblers and 1 Reed Warbler.