April 27th

At last the wind had dropped as we walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and back along the Green Wall. It even warmed up and turned out to be a beautiful spring morning. We recorded 1 Blackcap, 10 Goldfinches, 26 Whitethroats, 7 Reed Warblers, 2 Green Woodpeckers, 1 Chiffchaff, 6 Cetti's Warblers, 34 Swallows flying W, 39 Sedge Warblers, 22 Linnets, 1 Curlew, 12 Common Scoter, 2 Whimbrel flying S, 8 Mallard, 2 Tufted Duck, 4 Oystercatchers, 22 Turnstone, 1 female Wheatear, 2 Stonechats, 4 Ringed Plovers, 5 Sand Martins W, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Common Terns, 1 Grey Plover, 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling, 1 Yellow Wagtail and 1 Marsh Harrier.

Female Wheatear

During the day, Chris Tedder found 5 Lesser Whitethroats (162nd) along the railway embankment and saw 2 Barnacle Geese flying W out at sea.