The cattle egrets are still showing well along with a variety of waders, ducks, and more!
The marsh harriers, kestrels and sparrowhawk are all flying over the reserve regularly so keep looking up.
The waders are showing nicely - we've had lovely views of snipe, lapwing, curlew, redshank and more...
Waders on the Purfleet Scrape by Dawn Cowan - mainly lapwing with one golden plover hidden away!
Lapwing by John Humble - look at those colours!
The stonechats are looking stunning -
Male stonechat by Andy Reid
This stunning action shot of a grey heron fishing is by Bernard Bradshaw
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We have a couple of announcements for you as well...
The amazing workparty team are going to be doing some more boardwalk fixing on the woodland loop pathway over the next couple of weeks. You will still be able to walk a complete circuit on the main path (the red pathway shown on the map) - the section of path that will be closed for a couple of weeks is circled here:
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Also -
The shop will be closed on Monday 29 October - we apologize for any inconvenience!