sightings 2nd - 8th May 2015

Egyptian goose – four at Denge Marsh on 4^th.

Garganey – on Burrowes pit on 8^th.

Crane – flying over reserve on 4^th.

Bittern – booming at Denge Marsh on 7^th.

Great white egret – one at new diggings and one at Denge Marsh on 6^th.

Buzzard – over ARC on 8^th.

Hobby – eleven at ARC on 8^th.

Merlin – alongside access track on 1^st.

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

Whimbrel – one by access track and one at Burrowes pit on 8^th.

Ringed plover – one on Burrowes pit on 6^th.

Little ringed plover – one at hay fields and on Burrowes pit on 2^nd.

Bar-tailed godwit – two on Burrowes pit on 8^th.

Curlew – two at Denge Marsh on 3^rd.

Dunlin – two on Burrowes pit on 7^th.

Common sandpiper – one at Denge Marsh on 2^nd.

Greenshank – two at Denge Marsh on 7^th.

Redshank – on Burrowes pit on 7^th.

Grey plover – three on Burrowes pit on 8^th.

Common tern – ten + over Burrowes pit on 8^th.

Little tern – four on Burrowes pit on 3^rd.

Sandwich tern – three over Burrowes pit on 7^th.

Black tern – one on Burrowes pit on 3^rd.

Arctic tern – one at Burrowes pit on 7^th.

Little gull – over Burrowes pit on 4^th.

Mediterranean gull – one juvenile at Dennis’s hide on 3^rd.

Cuckoo – one at Denge Marsh and near entrance car park on 7^th.

Swallow – over reserve on 7^th.

Swift – 30+ over ARC on 4^th.

House martin – over ARC on 7^th.

Sand martin – over ARC on 1^st.

Wheatear – alongside main access track on 7^th.

Reed warbler – from Hookers pits ramp on 2^nd.

Sedge warbler – around reserve on 7^th.

Willow warbler – in car park on 4^th.

Whitethroat – around reserve on 7^th.

Lesser whitethroat – at Christmas dell on 6^th.

Yellow wagtail – at Denge Marsh on 7^th.

Raven – at Denge marsh on 4^th.