July 13th

On a cool and breezy morning we walked from Reculver to Coldharbour and back. We recorded 42 Sand Martins, 4 Pied Wagtails, 8 Linnets, 10 Mediterranean Gulls flying W, 2 Great Black-backed Gulls, 1 female Stonechat, 2 Grey Herons, 5 Whitethroats, 5 Little Egrets, 183 Swifts flying low W in ten minutes, 2 Ringed Plovers, 8 Oystercatchers, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 8 Common Terns, 7 Avocets, 1 Redshank, 1 female Goosander still roosting in Coldharbour, 4 Coot, 3 Yellow Wagtails, 4 Skylarks, 1 Whimbrel flying W and 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull.

Female Stonechat taking food back to its young in the nest