May 4th

On a warmer but still breezy morning we walked at Chamber's Wall and Reculver. At Chamber's Wall we counted 10 Whitethroats, 6 Cetti's Warblers, 4 Blackcaps, 3 Yellow Wagtails, 6 Skylarks, 1 Greenshank, 1 Lapwing, 9 Linnets, 7 Mallard, 4 Reed Warblers, 3 Snipe, 13 Goldfinches, 1 Common Sandpiper beside the Wantsum, 9 Sedge Warblers, 3 Swallows, 2 Chiffchaffs, 1 Lesser Whitethroat and 1 Cuckoo.

At Reculver we saw 6 Whitethroats, 7 Mallard, 4 Great Crested Grebes, 3 Blackcaps, 4 Tufted Ducks, 4 Common Sandpipers, 2 Shelduck, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Reed Warblers, 1 Kestrel, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Swift E and 1 Gannet flying E at sea.

Male Shelduck