April 4th

On a lovely morning Matt walked from Reculver to Plumpudding and back along the embankment and I met him at Coldharbour before we both walked back to Reculver together. His highlight was finding a third calendar year Iceland Gull moving slowly W at Coldharbour. This was a different bird to the Kumlien's Gull that has been seen recently at various sites and the eleventh record for the Reculver Marshes area.

Third calendar year Iceland Gull - Matt Hindle

 Other birds he recorded were 3 Little Egrets, 23 Cetti's Warblers, 7 Shelduck, 4 Stonechats, 8 Sedge Warblers, 1 male Greenfinch, 5 Greylag Geese, 4 Great Crested Grebes, 5 Tufted Duck, 1 Peregrine, 25 Mediterranean Gulls E calling, 1 Curlew, 1 Common Scoter, 4 Chiffchaffs, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Long-tailed Tits, 1 Siskin W, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Corn Bunting, 6 Skylarks and 1 Swallow W.