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Tuesday 15 May: 2 Cuckoo, circled scrape, then perched together overlooking reed bed, 1 male Reed Bunting, 2 Common Tern, many Swift, Swallow and House Martin, 3 pair of Greylag Geese with total of 9 Gosling, 2 pair of Canada Geese with total of 5 gosling, 2 pair of Coot with 1 chick each, Peregrine...

From the marina, in the creek this morning was a sinle bar-tailed godwit along with a dozen black-tailed godwits. A spotted redshank, a ruff and two avocets. The wintering chiffchaff was seen in the hedgerow to your right as you enter the park.

Iceland gull - there was a first-winter bird on the scrape at Wat Tyler yesterday afternoon, viewable from the hide. Also a bar-tailed godwit was reported on Vange Marsh.

Wat Tyler Country Park , Saturday 30 April 1 Marsh Harrier (female), 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Black-winged Stilt (on the scrape), 1 Cuckoo, 1 Mediterranean Gull (adult), 4 Great Crested Newt (2 male, 2 female), 3 Smooth Newt (2 males), 8 Large Red Damselfly, 1 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 5 Hairy Dragonfly, 2 Broad...