Pat is one of our volunteers - yesterday while he walked around the reserve he saw the following:
RSPB Rainham Marshes - Friday 13th March
Highlights: -Pintail, Water Rail, Great Crested Grebe, Avocet, Curlew, Snipe, White Stork, Marsh Harrier, Short-eared Owl, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kestrel, Bearded Tit, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Rock Pipit
Total Species experienced 63 - Pheasant, Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Mute Swan, Shelduck, Shoveler, Gadwall, Wigeon, Mallard, Pintail, Teal, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Water Rail, Moorhen, Coot, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Avocet, Lapwing, Curlew, Snipe, Redshank, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, White Stork, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, Short-eared Owl, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kestrel, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Bearded Tit, Skylark, Cetti's Warbler, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Wren, Starling, Blackbird, Robin, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Rock Pipit, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Linnet, Goldfinch, Reed Bunting.