With so much water on the marsh and despite the best efforts of the team to mitigate the damage we suspect that many ground nesting birds lost out the near continual rain and low temperatures that set in from the third week in April. One brief success was the Lapwing nest right in front of the Purfleet Hide although the one chick that hatched has not been seen for a couple of days now. All is not lost as it is still early enough in the season that birds like Lapwing, Redshank, Skylark and Meadow Pipit will try again.
Brenda Clayton
Chris Lowe
Howard Vaughan, Information Officer