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Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB 14:30 to 16:20, Dry, bright, very windy
50 Wigeon (+) 100 Teal (+) 7 Redshank 2 Greylag Goose 4 Dark-bellied Brent Goose 2 Little Egret Shelduck Shoveler 2 Gadwall (Pair) 2 Turnstone 4 Grey Plover Green Woodpecker [Paul Everett]

Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB 10:00 to 12:00, high tide 12.30pm. windy SW
40 Black-tailed Godwit (+) 200 Golden Plover (+) 3 Spotted Redshank 2 Greenshank Buzzard 2 Marsh Harrier Ruff 20 Ringed Plover (+) Kestrel [Liz Huxley]

Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB 15:15 to 19:15,
14 Cattle Egret 4 Spoonbill 2 Hobby Water Rail 4 Bearded Tit 2 Turnstone 100 Avocet 50 Golden Plover 5 Oystercatcher 2 Dunlin 8 Bar-tailed Godwit 300 Black-tailed Godwit (roughly) 15 Shelduck 3 Wheatear 150 Redshank (roughly) 150 Curlew (roughly) 2 Greenfinch 2 Yellow Wagtail Reed Warbler (heard briefly) Greenshank 8 Snipe 20 Grey Plover 30 Wigeon 2 Brent Goose 3 Reed Bunting 3 Marsh Harrier 3 Green Sandpiper 3 Cetti's Warbler 10 Swallow 40 Meadow Pipit 4 Linnet 9 Kestrel [Oliver Cottis]

Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB 15:00 to 18:30, Fine.
Water Rail 2 Bar-tailed Godwit 3 Dunlin Little Stint (juvenile feeding along edge at Irongate) 2 Spotted Redshank 2 Cattle Egret 4 Marsh Harrier Kingfisher 2 Cetti's Warbler Hobby [David Allen]

Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB 10:38 to 17:00, Selected highlights with Matt Turner, David Smith & Elaine & Steve Swinney
Red-breasted Goose (Presumed escape on Joyce's Fleet) Egyptian Goose Little Stint (juvenile) 3 Spoonbill (other observers reported 5 birds) 14 Cattle Egret Short-eared Owl 3 Hobby Peregrine Falcon [Steve Grimwade]

Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB 12:30 to 17:00, Sunny light SW breeze
Brent Goose Dark-bellied Brent Goose Red-breasted Goose Canada Goose Greylag Goose Mute Swan Egyptian Goose Shelduck Shoveler Gadwall Wigeon Mallard Pintail Teal Pochard Wood Pigeon Coot Great Crested Grebe Avocet Lapwing Golden Plover Grey Plover Ringed Plover Whimbrel Curlew Bar-tailed Godwit Black-tailed Godwit Knot Dunlin Little Stint Snipe Green Sandpiper Redshank Black-headed Gull Common Gull Great Black-backed Gull Herring Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Cormorant Cattle Egret Grey Heron Little Egret Sparrowhawk Marsh Harrier Buzzard Short-eared Owl Kestrel 2 Bearded Tit 6 Swallow Cetti's Warbler Long-tailed Tit Chiffchaff Wren Starling Robin Pied Wagtail Meadow Pipit Linnet Goldfinch Reed Bunting Tufted Duck 3 Hobby [Steve Swinney]

Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB 10:10 to 12:30, sunny warm, incoming tide
2 Little Stint (Iron Gate) Spotted Redshank (Iron Gate) Green Sandpiper 8 Greenshank 2 Marsh Harrier 6 Buzzard Sparrowhawk 4 Kestrel 3 Avocet 100 Grey Plover 30 Golden Plover 3 Cetti's Warbler 10 Bar-tailed Godwit [Sean Gregory]

Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB 10:10 to 12:30, sunny warm, incoming tide
2 Little Stint (Iron Gate) Spotted Redshank (Iron Gate) Green Sandpiper 8 Greenshank 2 Marsh Harrier 6 Buzzard Sparrowhawk 4 Kestrel 3 Avocet 100 Grey Plover 30 Golden Plover 3 Cetti's Warbler 10 Bar-tailed Godwit [Sean Gregory]

Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB 08:00 to 11:00, Sunny / Overcast
Grey Plover 7 Little Egret 2 Kestrel 20 Redshank Curlew 4 Bearded Tit (Juvenile and adults) 4 Wheatear [Matt Trevillion]

Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB 13:45 to 17:45, highlights
15 Shelduck 60 Wigeon (roughly) 5 Oystercatcher 50 Avocet 20 Golden Plover 50 Grey Plover Whimbrel 150 Curlew (roughly) 7 Bar-tailed Godwit 10 Black-tailed Godwit 2 Turnstone 2 Little Stint (irongate) 3 Snipe 4 Green Sandpiper 150 Redshank (roughly) Common Gull 2 Great Black-backed Gull 4 Spoonbill (presumably the Abberton birds, asleep on the far end of reserve) 14 Cattle Egret (12 with one group of cattle and 2 with another. Hard to count accurately as they move around a lot) 3 Grey Heron 50 Little Egret (at-least) 4 Marsh Harrier (at-least) Buzzard 10 Kestrel (all hovering adults at different parts of the reserve) Hobby (hawking dragonflies) 7 Bearded Tit (heard only) 3 Cetti's Warbler Wheatear (far end of long walk) 25 Yellow Wagtail (roughly) 20 Meadow Pipit (roughly) 3 Reed Bunting [Oliver Cottis]

Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB 14:00 to 15:00, forgot to add it to my other list
2 Water Rail (calling at irongate) [Oliver Cottis]

Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB 06:30 to 09:30, Walk from Salcott Village to Joyce's Head Fleet via short walk track & Back. Highlights from 74 bird species seen & heard.
2 Quail (1 heard at south end of short walk track & another heard further north along track near to irongate marsh) 2 Golden Plover 30 Grey Plover 2 Whimbrel (western end of salcott channel & adjacent fields) Bar-tailed Godwit Little Stint (on salcott channel west of abbotts hall breech) 2 Green Sandpiper 2 Spotted Redshank 2 Greenshank 4 Spoonbill (2 adults & 2 juveniles, presumably the abberton birds) Hobby (hunting & feeding on dragonflies) Peregrine Falcon (hunting over western end of salcott channel ust after dawn) 2 Bearded Tit (2 heard seperately & 1 juvenile seen) 2 Yellow Wagtail (probably more as a lot of flight calls heard) [Tony Kennelly]