June 3rd

On a morning with a chilly westerly wind blowing we walked along the seawall at Reculver. Birds we saw included 2 Cetti's Warblers, 8 Whitethroats, 2 Mediterranean Gulls flying E, 1 Mallard, 1 Stonechat, 7 Cormorants, 2 House Martins flying W, 1 Little Egret, 6 Ringed Plovers, 2 Oystercatchers, 2 Avocets feeding in the Oyster Farm lagoons, 6 Linnets, 4 Common Terns, 2 Meadow Pipits, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 6 Chaffinches and 3 Shelduck.