April 30th

Although it was a beautiful spring morning there seemed to be fewer birds to be seen as Matt walked from Reculver to Plumpudding and we walked in from Chamber's Wall before we all returned to Reculver. We counted 3 Blackcaps, 26 Shelduck, 20E, 4W + 2, 15 Cetti's Warblers, 15 Yellow Wagtails W, 4 Common Sandpipers, 4 Stonechats, 7 Tufted Duck, 5 Common Terns, 2 Curlew, 3 Whimbrel, 2 Grey Herons, 4 Mediterranean Gulls, 3 Great Crested Grebes, 1 Greylag Goose, 1 Greenshank E, 11 Swallows, 1 Corn Bunting, 10 Chiffchaffs, 6 Little Egrets, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Golden Plover, 1 Turtle Dove, 1 Hobby, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Sand Martins, 3 Grey Plovers, a flock of 42 sub-adult Black-headed Gulls flying E, 1 Lesser Whitethroat and 1 Fulmar E.

Male Reed Bunting - one of ours

This afternoon we had a walk at Reculver and recorded 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Chiffchaffs, 3 Blackcaps, 12 Tufted Duck, 4 Great Crested Grebes, 4 Shelduck, 3 Sand Martins, 3 Mallard, 1 Cuckoo, 2 Oystercatchers, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Cetti's Warblers and 6 Reed Warblers.