July 11th

On a dull but dry morning we walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and on to the Oyster Farm lagoons and recorded 9 Whitethroats, 11 Linnets, 4 Cetti's Warblers, 1 Green Woodpecker, 7 Goldfinches, 11 Mallard, 7 Common Terns and 6 Little Egrets. We also saw 5 Oystercatchers, 2 Pied Wagtails, 2 Curlew, 4 Ringed Plovers, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Greylag Goose flying W at sea, 2 Kestrels, 6 Mediterranean Gulls, 4 adults, 1 second calendar year and 1 third calendar year bird on the beach west of Coldharbour, 4 Turnstone, 1 Dunlin, 1 Coot and 2 Grey Herons flying S. 

Third calendar year and adult Mediterranean Gulls

Derek Smith was also out between 0600 and 1000 and walked from Shuart to Plumpudding and Coldhrbour and back along the railway embankment. Birds he saw included 4 Little Egrets, 1 Grey Heron, 212 adult Black-headed Gulls on the beach between Plumpudding and Coldharbour, 2 Sandwich Terns flying W, 2 Lapwings flying S, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 female Tufted Duck with 2 young, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker and 3 Yellow Wagtails. He also counted singing warblers and recorded 5 Cetti's Warblers, 3 Blackcaps, 18 Whitethroats, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 22 Reed Warblers, 28 Sedge Warblers and 1 Grasshopper Warbler still near Chamber's Wall.

Marbled White - Derek Smith