May 14th

It felt more like February than May this morning with overcast conditions and a cold northerly wind blowing in off the sea. On our walk from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and the Oyster Farm lagoons we saw 2 Lesser Whitethroats, 8 Whitethroats, 7 Linnets, 2 Blackcaps, 4 Cetti's Warblers, 8 Mallard, 6 Oystercatchers, 4 Stonechats, one male and three juveniles, 1 Corn Bunting, 1 Common Tern, 3 Lapwings, 2 Little Egrets, 1 Grasshopper Warbler heard and seen and 3 Cuckoos.

Male Stonechat