April 21st

I met Matt at Chamber's Wall this morning and we walked up to Coldharbour and back along the Green Wall. Birds we saw included 2 Blackcaps, 14 Whitethroats, 6 Goldfinches, 6 Cetti's Warblers, 21 Linnets, 2 Long-tailed Tits, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 9 Mallard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 62 Corn Buntings, 2 Snipe, 3 Marsh Harriers, 2 Swallows W, 3 Reed Warblers, 4 Oystercatchers, 1 Rock Pipit in breeding territory, 4 Ringed Plovers, 1 Little Egret, 1 reeling Grasshopper Warbler, a different bird to that seen by Dave, 14 Stock Doves, 2 Stonechats, 1 Shelduck, 1 Common Tern and 1 Chiffchaff. We also saw a Wall Brown on the seawall at Coldharbour.

Rock Pipit

 Dave Smith was also out early this morning and walked from Shuart and along the embankment to Chamber's Wall and back along the seawall. He counted 1 Ring Ouzel at Shuart, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 6 Little Egrets, 4 Tufted Duck, 4 Blackcaps, 2 Chiffchaffs, 13 Whitethroats, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Reed Warbler, 6 Mediterranean Gulls, 1 Shelduck, 2 Redshank, 7 Oystercatchers, 2 Turnstone, 2 Ringed Plovers, 2 Lapwings, 2 Marsh Harriers and 8 Red-legged Partridges.