June 1st

On another unpleasant morning with a strong northerly wind blowing we walked onto the Marsh at Reculver and recorded 28 Mallard, 2 Shelduck, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Blackcap, 4 Cormorants, 12 Coot, 2 Greenfinches, 2 Common Buzzards, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Mute Swans, 4 Greylag Geese, 6 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebes, 1 Cuckoo and 2 Yellow Wagtails. Twenty minutes at Reculver then produced 8 Gannets flying E and 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull flying E.

Dave Smith was also out this morning from 0548 for nearly four hours. Birds he saw included 5 Mute Swans, 2 Shelduck, 5 Mallard, 4 Tufted Duck, 5 adult and 4 young Avocets at Coldharbour, 11 Oystercatchers, 26 Ringed Plovers, 3 Lapwings, 1 Curlew, 8 Turnstone, 1 winter plumaged Knot, 3 Sanderling, 6 Dunlin, 1 Common Gull, 2 Fulmars, 12 Gannets, 2 Little Egrets, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Hobby, 1 Raven, 1 Swallow, 2 Stonechats and 1 Wheatear.