Vange Marsh proves to be a big attraction for spoonbills. Yesterday another immature bird joined the two adults and immature which have been present most of August. All four are still present today. Also on the marsh are 2 ruff, 11 green sandpipers and 2 greenshanks. Warblers in the scrubland area have increased with whitethroat, lesser whitethroat, willow warbler and blackcap in varying numbers.
Last night at Wat Tyler Country Park we held a thank you event for some of our volunteers who have reached the milestone of five years volunteering with the RSPB. A big thank you to each of them for their continued support. It also meant that we were in the park late last night and were lucky enough to see the cattle egret which came in to roost with the little egrets at 19.45, jammy or what!
Thanks to Tony Coombes for supplying the spoonbill images below.