May 1st

The month began with a sunny morning and a pleasant south easterly breeze. I walked along the seawall from Reculver with the tide out but coming in and counted 3 Cetti's Warblers, 2 Chiffchaffs, 2 Long-tailed Tits, 8 Whitethroats, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Little Egret, 4 Shelduck, 4 Meadow Pipits, 2 Sand Martins, 2 Whimbrel, 5 Sedge Warblers, 2 Stonechats, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit feeding on shore, 4 Common Sandpipers, 12 Linnets, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Great Black-backed Gulls, 1 Redshank, 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls, 2 Grey Herons, 1 Kestrel and 2 Yellow Wagtails.

Bar-tailed Godwit

 

Wall Brown

Matt was out early and walked from Reculver to Plumpudding and back along the embankment. He recorded 8 Chiffchaffs, 1 Redpoll W, 10 Common Sandpipers, 3 Ringed Plovers, 9 Tufted Duck, 10 Coot, 13 Yellow Wagtails, 3 Gadwall, 3 Blackcaps, 2 Marsh Harriers, 1 Corn Bunting, 3 Grey Herons, 1 Common Tern, 2 Whimbrel, 6 Stonechats, 3 Bar-tailed Godwits, 2 Redshank, 4 Little Egrets, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Tree Pipit E, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Lesser Whitethroats, 1 Wheatear, 1 Swift E, 3 Kestrels, 2 Avocets, 3 Grey Plover, 7 Shelduck and 2 Sandwich Terns. 

Bar-tailed Godwits - Matt Hindle

 

Whimbrel -Matt Hindle

Kestrel - Matt Hindle