April 26th

On another bright and breezy morning Matt walked from Reculver to Chamber's Wall where I met him and then we both walked along the seawall up to Plumpudding and back along the railway embankment. We saw a good variety of species including 2 Ravens,  3 Great Crested Grebes, 1 Wood Sandpiper (158th), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Sandpiper, 8 Shelduck, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 5 Chiffchaffs, 32 Whimbrel mainly flying W, 3 Little Egrets, 9 Swallows flying W, 1 Grey Plover, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Mediterranean Gulls flying E, 1 Snipe, 1 Stonechat, 8 Cetti's Warblers, 21 Whitethroats, 22 Sedge Warblers, 3 Kestrels, 80 Corn Buntings, 35 Turnstone, 25 Bar-tailed Godwits flying E, 3 Greylag Geese, 3 Common Buzzards, 2 Marsh Harriers, 1 Fulmar, 1 Curlew, 1 Gannet flying E,  1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Lapwing, 3 Blackcaps, 4 Long-tailed Tits, 7 Common Scoter flying E, 10 Sand Martins, 1 Common Sandpiper and 1 Garden Warbler (159th). We also found a Hairy Dragonfly on the embankment.

Wood Sandpiper - Matt Hindle

Grey Plover - Matt Hindle

 Back at home we had a Hobby fly over the garden.

On a lovely sunny afternoon we walked inland at Reculver and recorded 2 Blackcaps, 2 Chiffchaffs, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 3 Whitethroats, 1 Garden Warbler, 16 Sand Martins, 4 Mallard, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Shelduck, 4 Common Buzzards, 1 male Marsh Harrier, 1 Swallow, 2 Green Woodpeckers, 2 Mediterranean Gulls and 2 displaying Sparrowhawks.