Goldeneye 18 - Mainly Flamingo with a single pair on Radar Short Eared Owl 1 - Hunting Behind Black Barn out onto the marshes Little Grebe 60+ - Radar / Hidden Greenshank 3 - Flamingo Beach Curlew 3 - Flamingo / Hidden Pintail 30 - Radar/Hidden/Ski Shoveler...

I've received these sightings from Murray Orchard: The following totals were noted on Cliffe Pools (on and off reserve):- Smew 2 - redheads on Radar Pool Goldeneye 38 - including 10 drakes, all but one duck on Flamingo Pool Pochard 642 - mostly...

Timber Lake (nr Church Street): 1 red-necked grebe Radar, Cliffe Pools: 2 ‘red head’ smew and 1 black-necked grebe St Mary’s Marsh: 8 barnacle geese Northward Hill: 24 woodcock flying out onto marsh at dusk thanks to Frank...

I was on duty Sunday and here are some sightings I had around the reserves. A great selection of wildfowl and waders were gathering at high tide in the afternoon at Cliffe Pools. At least 1,500 Dunlin were observed streaming onto the beach at Flamingo...

for those that have not heard, we have some very upsetting news: Rainham Marshes blog