We are pleased to say that the above walk was a great success, a fantastic opportunity to showcase the bird and indeed the reserve. It has to be said the weather could have been a little kinder, it being overcast and quite chilly. That said fortunately it didn't put off the stars of the show performing.
But it wasn't all about nightingales, there was Whitethroat, lesser whitethroat in the scrub, still plenty else to see, kestrel and buzzard, cuckoo calling and flying overhead, swallows were beginning to increase and one of the first swifts of the year seen, the very first one was in fact yesterday for the record!
It was pleasing to see members of the Gravesend and Medway RSPB group attending as well as that stalwart campaigner, Gill from friends of the North Kent Marshes.
Thanks are due to all the staff and volunteers who gave up their time on a cold evening to make the event a success, Will, Ruby, Liz and Rosemary, Adrian (Olsen), Warren Mann, Dave Hale and Sally, Peter Beckenham, Trevor Hatton.
Plus thanks to Adrian Thomas and David Saunders for organising the whole thing.
The North Kent Marshes are a very special area and worth preserving at all cost.