May 22nd

We began our morning walk from Reculver to Coldharbour in pouring rain but luckily by the time we reached the Green Wall it had stopped. Birds we saw included 6 Sandwich Terns, 2 Fulmars prospecting around the Towers, 2 Stonechats, 5 Whitethroats, 2 Shelduck, 4 Mallard, 4 Linnets, 6 Oystercatchers, 3 Turnstone, 5 Common Terns, 6 Swifts W, 8 Ringed Plovers, 2 Little Egrets, 11 Gannets, 1 Grey Plover and 3 Sanderling.

Common Tern at Coldharbour

Derek Smith was out birding between 1130 and 1530 and walked from Shuart to Brooksend and Plumpudding before returning via Coldharbour and the railway embankment. He counted 13 Gannets E, 3 Little Egrets, 7 pairs of Tufted Duck, 2 Marsh Harriers, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Turtle Dove, 2 Cuckoos, 80 Swifts W, 60 Swallows W, 35 House Martins W and 12 Yellow Wagtails.