Sightings at Vange Marsh

Sunday 11 March: Single Bearded Tit at each end of marsh, pair of Pintail, 27 Wigeon (included a pair on lagoon), 5 Gadwall, 6 Avocet, 3 Green Sandpiper on small lagoon, c.15 Black-tailed Godwit, Cetti's Warbler heard, 1 Little Egret, 10 Fieldfare just outside west end of reserve, 1 Green Woodpecker, pair of Oystercatcher.

  • Sunday 13 May: Cuckoo, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Reed Bunting, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Avocet, 2 Common Tern, Black-tailed Godwit, Pied Wagtail, Greenfinch, Robin, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Shelduck, Cetti's warbler (heard), Bearded Tit (heard on east side), Swift.

  • Wednesday 01 August: 5 Little Egret, 6 Gadwall, 22 Teal, 11 Shoveler, 1 Sparrowhawk, 85 Lapwing, 1 Ruff, 2 Snipe, 75 Black-tailed Godwit, 13 Spotted Redshank, 15 Redshank, 8 Greenshank, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 6 Reed Warbler, 2 Bearded Tit (2 juveniles showed well, others heard), 1 Marbled White.