June 3rd

On an already very warm morning Matt walked from Shuart and we walked from Chamber's Wall and we met on the seawall before walking on to the Oyster Farm lagoons. Between us we recorded 3 Blackcaps, 6 Cetti's Warblers, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Cuckoos, 1 Red Kite, 1 Hobby, 7 Little Egrets, 2 Redshank, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Stonechats, 2 Common Terns, 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Lapwings, 6 Coot, 13 Mallard, 6 Ringed Plovers, 5 Turnstone, 3 Shelduck and 3 House Martins flying W.

Male Chaffinch

 

At 1320, 4 Red Kites flew W over our garden at Bishopstone.