sightings 30th May to 4th June 2015

Egyptian goose – two at Denge Marsh on 2^nd.

Bittern – at Denge Marsh on 4^th.

Great white egret – one at Denge Marsh on 2^nd.

Buzzard – over Denge Marsh on 4^th.

Hobby – two over ARC and Christmas dell and eight over Denge Marsh on 4^th.

Avocet – two on hay fields and then ARC on 30^th May.

Ringed plover – two on Burrowes pit on 2^nd.

Black-tailed godwit – two on Burrowes pit on 4^th.

Turnstone - on Burrowes pit on 3^rd.

Redshank – on Burrowes pit on 1^st.

Sanderling – sixty on Burrowes pit on 31^st May.

Dunlin – on Burrowes pit on 31^st May.

Water rail – at Firth hide on 31^st May.

Little Stint – three on Burrowes on 2^nd.

Common tern – on tern rafts at Denge Marsh.

Sandwich tern – over Burrowes pit on 31^st May.

Mediterranean gull – two on Burrowes pit on 30^th May.

Cuckoo – heard at Denge Marsh on 3^rd.          

Swallow – over Burrowes pit on 1^st.

Swift – over Burrowes pit on 3^rd.

House martin – over Burrowes pit on 1^st.

Yellow wagtail – Dengemarsh road on 30^th May.

White wagtail – male at Dengemarsh road on 30^th May.

Chiffchaff – at Hookers pits on 31^st May.

Spotted flycatcher – two between Denge Marsh and Hookers pits on 31^st May.

Long-tailed tit – at Christmas dell on 4^th.

Jay – two at ARC on 30^th May.