Sightings 16th to 22nd May

Egyptian goose – two at Denge Marsh on 22^nd.

Bittern – two at Denge Marsh on 22^nd.

Honey buzzard – over ARC on 17^th.

Buzzard – three over ARC on 16^th.

Hobby – fourteen at ARC and three at Denge Marsh on 22^nd.

Peregrine – at Denge Marsh on 20^th.

Red kite – over reserve on 21^st.

Avocet – two in hay fields and on Burrowes pit on 16^th.

Whimbrel – five on Burrowes pit on 17^th.

Ringed plover – on Burrowes pit on 20^th.

Little ringed plover – two in hay field 3 on 17^th.

Grey plover – one on Burrowes pit on 21^st.

Black-tailed godwit – at Denge Marsh on 20^th.

Bar-tailed godwit – one in hay fields on 16^th.

Dunlin – five on Burrowes pit on 18^th.

Turnstone – four on Burrowes pit on 20^th.

Ruff – one in hay field 3 on 17^th.

Redshank – at Denge Marsh on 22^nd.

Greenshank – one on Burrowes pit on 16^th.

Common sandpiper – one on Burrowes pit on 17^th.

Water rail – one at ARC on 17^th.

Sanderling – two on Burrowes pit on 21^st.

Common tern – on tern rafts at Denge Marsh.

Bonapartes gull – one adult on Burrowes pit on 16^th.

Cuckoo – at Denge Marsh on 22^nd.          

Swallow – over reserve on 19^th.

Swift – over ARC on 20^th.

Sand martin – over ARC on 18^th.

House martin – over ARC on 18^th.

Whinchat – at Christmas dell on 22^nd.

Wheatear – by main access track on 18^th.

Lesser whitethroat – heard at Christmas dell on 22^nd.

Yellow wagtail – flood fields at Denge Marsh on 17^th.

Spotted flycatcher – in willows near Firth hide on 22^nd.

Golden oriole – ARC water tower pits on 17^th.