April 25th

On a blustery day I walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and along the seawall. Birds I saw included 1 Common Buzzard, 12 Whitethroats, 6 Cetti's Warblers, 14 Linnets, 8 Goldfinches, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Reed Warblers, 1 Green Sandpipers, 17 Sedge Warblers, 2 Mallard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Blackcap, 29 Stock Dove, 95 Corn Buntings, 5 Coot, 2 Little Egrets, 15 adult Mediterranean Gulls flying E, 2 Ringed Plovers, 1 Rock Pipit, 1 Swallow W, 180 Sanderling, 4 Oystercatchers, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull and 2 Grey Partridges in Chamber's Wall car park.

Dave Smith was out earlier and walked from Reculver to Coldhabour and back along the embankment. His highlights were 8 Whimbrel, 1 Fulmar, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Grey Plover, 5 Mediterranean Gulls, 2 Swallows, 1 House Martin and 3 Shelduck.

Our walk at Reculver this afternoon produced 2 Shelduck, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Swallows, 6 Mallard, 2 Ravens flying W being mobbed by the local crows, 1 Cetti's Warbler and 5 Great Crested Grebes.