Another fine morning with good variety around the golf course and beyound.

Lesser Whitethroat - 2
Whitethroat - 15
Blackcap - 17
Willow Warbler - 1
Chiffchaff - 3
Cetti's Warbler - 1 hrd
Reed Warbler - 3
Sedge Warbler - 2
Yellow Wagtail - 1
Wheatear - 1
Bullfinch - 1
Stonechat - 1
Reed Bunting - 4
Mistle Thrush - 1
Song Thrush - 3
Swallow - 19
Sand Martin - 1
Whimbrel - 28
Curlew - 1
Med Gull - 4
Grey Heron - 1
Little Egret - 2
Buzzard - 1
Gannet - present in small numers
Sandwich Tern - present in small numbers 
Great-crested Grebe - 1

Lesser Whitethroat

Wheatear

Whimbrel

22^nd April: More of the same with high pressure still dominating; sunny and dry with clear blue skies, a moderate NE breeze and becoming quite warm.

Elmer Rocks: I watched from 0710-0800hrs but there was remarkably little moving given the date in the third week of April. A Great Northern Diver showed well off Poole Place (having first been located off Atherington beach) but there was little else of note – Shelduck 3E, Whimbrel 3E, Sandwich Tern 15E, Little Egret 1W, Great Skua – 1W and a Ringed Plover on the beach. A Yellow Wagtail arrived from the sea as did several Swallows and a couple of other unidentified passerines. (OM)

Climping Gap – Atherington: Apart from the GND, the walk from Poole Place produced 2 Wheatears, c.10 Swallows, a couple of Chiffchaffs, 6+ Blackcaps and 8 Whitethroats.