Wednesday 10 May 2017

May 10th
On another beautiful spring morning we walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and the Oyster Farm and back along the railway embankment. We saw 22 Whitethroats, 3 Lesser Whitethroats, 2 Blackcaps, 14 Linnets, 1 Marsh Harrier, 25 Swallows, 1 Swift, 2 Pied Wagtails, 1 White Wagtail, 14 Oystercatchers, 2 Common Terns, 4 Ringed Plovers, 1 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 3 Sand Martins, 4 Shelduck, 2 Shoveler, 1 Cuckoo, 3 Cetti's Warblers, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Whinchat and 1 Green Woodpecker.
This morning Terry Wilson walked from Minnis Bay to Coldharbour and recorded 2 Shelduck, 2 Oystercatchers, 2 Common Terns, 6 Turnstone, 2 Sanderling, 12 Oystercatchers, 3 Grey Plovers and good numbers of Swallows.

Male and female Shoveler

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