Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB 13:30 to 17:00, Sunny and warm some cloud cover, no wind lovely afternoon.
10 Reed Bunting (Seen all round short walk) 4 Stonechat (Seen on track before wind pump on short walk) 3 Kestrel 3 Marsh Harrier 2 Buzzard 1 Peregrine Falcon (Salcot Channel) 1 Yellowhammer 1 Wheatear 10 Linnet 12 Curlew 150 Wigeon (Salcot Channel) 200 Teal (Salcot Channel) 100 Golden Plover (Salcot Channel) 30 Grey Plover (SalcotChannel) 25 Goldfinch (All round short walk) [Paul Fletcher]

Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB 10:30 to 15:30, Beautiful day, tide rising to very high indeed
2 Marsh Harrier 5 Bearded Tit (probably more) 1 Common Sandpiper 1 Green Sandpiper (as well as all the usual estuarine waders, but NO Lapwing) 1 Common Tern (Salcott Creek) 3 Kestrel 25 Dark-bellied Brent Goose [Paul Gymer]

Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB 09:15 to 12:15, Sunny intervals, humid
2 Hobby 2 Marsh Harrier Garganey (Female on the Irongate pool) 3 Snipe (In flight over Irongate) 3 Green Sandpiper (Joyce's Head area) 2 Bearded Tit (Juveniles in ditch between the east end of Irongate and short walk) Stonechat (Male east of N section of short walk from car park) 2 Whinchat (Female and juvenile roughly same location as Stonechat) [John Fell]

Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB 09:00 to 13:00, Sunny intervals, light breeze
150 Curlew (Probably up to twice as many, flocks mobile and mingling) 100 Golden Plover ((Approx) roosting on Great Cob Island at low tide) 7 Green Sandpiper (Mostly south of Pennyhole Bottom) 6 Ruff (Pennyhole Bottom) 4 Snipe (2 Pennyhole Bottom, 2 in flight over Irongate) Common Sandpiper (Salcott Channel) 12 Avocet (Pennyhole Bottom) 6 Marsh Harrier (Mostly round Pennyhole Fleet) Hobby (Hunting over various reed beds) Peregrine Falcon (Hunting over the Bale Field) 2 Buzzard 2 Kestrel 23 Yellow Wagtail (Mostly following the cattle at various locations, mostly juveniles) 2 Wheatear (Female N. sea wall long walk, Juv. S. sea wall long walk) 200 Grey Plover (At least, large numbers all round the reserve channels) Wigeon (Irongate ) 12 Bearded Tit (6 on short walk between Irongate and Joyce's Head, others at various locations, mostly juveniles) [John Fell]

Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB 10:00 to 16:00, Warm sunshine, breezy, with thundery showers later
11 Green Sandpiper (Various locations) 7 Common Sandpiper (Various locations but most frequently on S. section of long walk) 8 Whinchat (Possibly 9 or more. Very active hunting the grass along the fence that runs N. from the most easterly stile on the long walk S. section) 7 Ruff (Pennyhole bottom - may have been more - count interrupted by juv. peregrine) 37 Avocet (Pennyhole bottom) Peregrine Falcon (Juvenile, terrorised waders on Pennyhole Bottom before landing on the exposed island in front of the first viewpoint for several minutes) Whimbrel (In flight towards Tollesbury Wick) 40 Curlew (Approximately, large flock on Abbot's Hall are salt marsh) Marsh Harrier 400 Grey Plover (This is an estimate as there were large flocks sighted across virtually the whole reserve) 100 Ringed Plover (Approx - across the whole reserve) 3 Snipe (Irongate and McClure's marh) 60 Black-tailed Godwit (Approx. Noticeably less abundant here than in the Fingringhoe area.) 5 Greenshank (Various locations) 40 Dunlin (Approx. Various locations) [John Fell]

Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB 09:00 to 11:30, warm and sunny
2 Garganey (male in eclipse + female) 20 Shoveler (3 broods of varying ages 8,5,4) 10 Little Grebe (including 2 broods each of 2 young) 3 Marsh Harrier 90 Coot (including 22+ young birds) Grey Plover 45 Lapwing (19 juvs) Ruff 28 Black-tailed Godwit Greenshank 30 Common Tern (including 11 young birds) 3 Kestrel (female + 2 juvs) Peregrine Falcon (adult) 2 Bearded Tit (adult & juv seen, more heard) 8 Sedge Warbler (territories/families) 10 Yellow Wagtail 10 Reed Bunting (territories/families) [Martin Peers]

Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB 13:15 to 15:30, Hot. Sea wall footpath needs cutting!
8 Spotted Redshank (on Abbotts Hall Farm shore ) 2 Marsh Harrier 20 Common Tern (on new man made raft including 8 young) 2 Greenshank Turtle Dove (calling near car park) [David Allen]

Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB , 10:30 to 15:00, warm, sunny, light E breeze
3 Marsh Harrier (1 male), 60 Avocet, 3 Ruff, 120 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Spotted Redshank, 5 Greenshank, 5 Green Sandpiper, 70 Common Tern, 8 Little Tern (+ 4 decoys!) [John McLaughlin]

Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB , 14:30 to 16:30, Sunny. Short walk done but a very disappointing collection of birds.
3 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 7 Avocet, 38 Common Tern (mostly nesting), 1 Cuckoo, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Whitethroat, 5 Reed Bunting [David Allen]

Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB , 08:00 to 08:00
50 Greylag Goose [Graham Upton]

Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB , 08:00 to 08:00
50 Greylag Goose [Graham Upton]

Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB , 06:00 to 07:00, BBS count: misty; tide high but falling
50 Greylag Goose (+), 70 Canada Goose (+), 6 Gadwall, 1 Teal, 7 Shoveler, 4 Pochard, 3 Tufted Duck, 2 Curlew, 1 Turtle Dove (Calling in distance from the EWT HQ area), 100 Starling (None at all rosy) [Graham Upton]