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Vange Marsh (RSPB), Tuesday 26 April: 16:00 to 19:00
4 Gadwall, 6 Teal, 20 Shoveler (16 males, 4 females), 1 Marsh Harrier (imm. male low over), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Hobby, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 2 Little Ringed Plover (1 first seen on the saline lagoon then 2 seen later on the freshmarsh), 1 Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper (Saline lagoon), 1 Little Gull (1y), 4 Common Tern, 6 Sand Martin, 11 Swallow, 7 House Martin, 1 Yellow Wagtail (over towards Goldings Farm), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Sedge Warbler, 6 Reed Warbler.

 

This morning at Wat Tyler Country Park we have two pairs of Avocets on the scrape islands and at least two Common Terns hawking over the scrape.