May 23rd

On a bright and breezy morning we walked from Chamber's Wall to the Oyster Farm lagoons via Coldharbour. We counted 11 Whitethroats, 8 House Martins W, 16 Swallows, 5 Cetti's Warblers, 1 Blackcap, 1 Willow Warbler, 31 Swifts W, 1 Tufted Duck, 10 Mallard, 1 Coot, 1 Cuckoo, 6 Oystercatchers, 6 Common Terns, 1 female Wheatear, 21 Turnstone, 6 Ringed Plovers, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Little Egrets, 1 Lapwing, 1 Kestrel, 4 Mediterranean Gulls W, 3 Stonechats, 1 Grey Plover, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 8 Linnets and 1 Lesser Whitethroat.

Summer plumaged Turnstone