May 19th

It was warm and sunny but with a chilly easterly breeze blowing as I had an hour's walk at Reculver this afternoon. I counted 4 Chiffchaffs, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 26 Sand Martins, 1 Corn Bunting, 2 Common Buzzards, 3 Blackcaps, 4 Shelduck, 1 Kestrel, 18 Tufted Duck, 8 Greylag Geese, 26 Mallard, 3 Whitethroats, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Lapwings, 1 Green Woodpecker, 10 Coot, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Pied Wagtails, 5 Reed Warblers, 4 Cetti's Warblers, 1 Gadwall and 1 Grey Heron.