Sightings 25th April to 1st May 2015

Egyptian goose – six at Denge Marsh on 1^st.

Tundra bean goose – two at Denge Marsh on 30^th.

Brent goose – at Denge Marsh on 25^th.

Garganey – at Denge Marsh on 30^th.

Spoonbill – two on Burrowes pit and ARC on 29^th.

Bittern – at ARC on 1^st.

Great white egret – one at new diggings on 29^th.

Cattle egret – two at Denge Marsh on 26^th.

Buzzard – over ARC on 1^st.

Peregrine – over Burrowes pit on 30^th.

Hobby – two at Denge Marsh and two at ARC on 1^st.

Merlin – alongside access track on 1^st.

Osprey – flying over the visitor centre on 1^st.

Whimbrel – nine by access track on 1^st.

Ringed plover – one on Burrowes pit on 1^st.

Little ringed plover – three at hay fields on 28^th.

Snipe – one on reserve on 26^th.

Bar-tailed godwit – one alongside access track on 1^st.

Black-tailed godwit - on hay fields on 30^th.

Curlew – seven on 26^th.

Dunlin – two on Burrowes pit on 1^st.

Common sandpiper – two on Burrowes pit on 30^th.

Ruff – one in hay fields on 28^th.

Greenshank – two in hay fields on 30^th.

Common tern – eight over Burrowes pit on 29^th.

Little gull – two over Burrowes pit on 29^th.

Cuckoo – at ARC on 1^st.

Swallow – over reserve on 1^st.

Swift – over reserve on 1^st.

House martin – over ARC on 1^st.

Sand martin – over ARC on 1^st.

Garden warbler – one at ARC on 25^th.

Sedge warbler – around reserve on 1^st.

Whitethroat – around reserve on 1^st.

Lesser whitethroat – two between Christmas dell and Denge Marsh on 30^th.

Bullfinch – one at Christmas dell on 25^th.

Black redstart – one on 26^th.

Raven – two over Burrowes pit on 27^th.