July 19th

After heavy overnight rain it was damp and humid this morning as Matt walked along the seawall from Reculver. He counted 340 Mediterranean Gulls, 8 Little Egrets, 86 Common Scoter flying E, 16 Common Sandpipers, 3 Green Sandpipers, 4 Redshank in Coldharbour including a juvenile, 2 Grey Herons, 2 Stonechats, 2 Stonechats, 14 Ringed Plovers, 1 Great White Egret flying W at sea, 2 Teal W, 7 Whimbrel, 31 Great Black-baced Gulls, 4 Turnstone, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 8 Sandwich Terns, 78 Common Terns W, 7 Gannets, 1 Kittiwake W, 1 Curlew, 16 Oystercatchers, Swifts heard flying high up and 2 Common Gulls.

Derek Smith was out at 0600 and walked from Minnis Bay to Coldharbour. He counted 2 Little Egrets, 1 Great White Egret flying high offshore at Plumpudding, 24 Sandwich Terns, 55 Common Terns, 3 Turnstone, 3 Redshank, 1 Dunlin W, 12 Common Sandpipers, 7 Whimbrel E, 4 Curlew E, 7 Swifts E, 53 Swallows and 30 Sand Martins W and 2 Stonechats.