May 6th

After our first significant rain for a month yesterday evening this morning dawned bright and calm as we walked from Shuart to Plumpudding lagoon. Birds we saw included 2 Blackcaps, 1 Kestrel, 23 Whitethroats, 2 Green Woodpeckers, 13 Reed Warblers, 4 Cetti's Warblers, 20 Goldfinches, 15 Swallows, 2 Cuckoos, 3 Lapwings, 2 Grey Partridges, 10 Sedge Warblers, 10 Linnets, 29 Turnstone, 19 Swifts flying W, 2 Pied Wagtails, 2 Sand Martins, 18 Mallard, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Curlew, 7 Whimbrel, 9 Ringed Plovers, 1 Dunlin, 1 Tufted Duck, 1 House Martin W, 1 Sandwich Tern, 3 Lesser Whitethroats, 1 Marsh Harrrier, 1 Common Buzzard and 1 Chiffchaff.

Whimbrel

Curlew

This morning we received information concerning a first year Reed Warbler we ringed at Shuart on 31st August 2018. It had been controlled at Lancing College, West Sussex on 1st May 2021.