May 31st

Yesterday's cool breeze and overcast conditions had ceased this morning and it was sunny and warm as we walked from Chamber's Wall to the Oyster Farm lagoons. We counted 8 Whitethroats, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 1 Blackcap, 5 Goldfinches, 1 Cuckoo, 3 Cetti's Warblers, 2 Grey Partridges, 2 Lesser Whitethroats, 35 Mallard, 5 Little Egrets, 2 Grasshopper Warblers, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Oystercatchers, 6 Ringed Plovers, 2 Common Terns, 3 Linnets, 2 Green Woodpeckers, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Coot, 4 Stonechats and 13 Corn Buntngs. We also found a Wall Brown butterfly.

Wall Brown