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Stanway Green 08:30 to 08:30, Broken cloud. Only certain species recorded.
White Stork (One of unknown origin in its favoured field below the landfill site.) [Andrew Allen]

Stanway Green 14:00 to 16:30, sunny, warm
White Stork (seen well between 1550 and 1615, flew off onto landfill) 2 Meadow Pipit (+) Buzzard 2 Kestrel 20 Carrion Crow (+) [Paul Everett]

Stanway Green 17:00 to 17:30,
White Stork (distantly visible from the quarry for a couple of minutes) Mediterranean Gull 1000 Herring Gull 4 Great Black-backed Gull 50 Black-headed Gull 8 Teal Tufted Duck 3 Little Grebe 22 Canada Goose 90 Lapwing House Martin 2 Stock Dove Buzzard [Oliver Cottis]

Stanway Green 06:00 to 07:00,
White Stork (Same bird as yesterday evening. Definitely no ring on it. Flew west at 6:45, toward Warren Lane) 50 Canada Goose 38 Lapwing Shoveler Tufted Duck (male) 5 Gadwall 6 Teal 4 Little Grebe Buzzard Great Spotted Woodpecker Green Woodpecker 2 Kestrel [Oliver Cottis]

Stanway Green 19:15 to 20:00,
White Stork (In the quarry. Adult bird, with no obvious ring. Watched it until dark, do it definitely roosted on site.) 2 Tawny Owl 67 Canada Goose [Oliver Cottis]

Stanway Green 09:30 to 15:00, at Colcheter Zoo
Red Kite 4 Buzzard (+) Sparrowhawk (Male) Hobby 10 Swallow (+) 3 Grey Wagtail (+) Coal Tit Treecreeper (Heard only) [David L Smith]

Stanway Green 15:10 to 16:15,
11 Gadwall 8 Mallard 10 Teal 2 Stock Dove 4 Little Grebe 75 Black-headed Gull Common Gull Great Black-backed Gull 100 Herring Gull 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker Green Woodpecker Kestrel Hobby (heading North, being tailed by distressed swallows) Jay Linnet 30 Goldfinch Tufted Duck Lapwing 15 Canada Goose [Oliver Cottis]

Stanway Green 19:30 to 20:00, Roosting bird count in the quarry
2 Green Sandpiper 2 Lapwing 3 Shelduck 15 Teal 2 Little Grebe 50 Canada Goose (exact count) 2 Coot 13 Herring Gull Kestrel (male) Grey Heron (flyover) 3 Mallard [Oliver Cottis]

Stanway Green 11:00 to 12:00,
Sparrowhawk (female) Little Owl Kestrel 2 Blackcap (Westlands Country Park) Whinchat [Oliver Cottis]

Stanway Green 18:00 to 19:00, Sightings from the quarry and surrounding area
Little Owl Kestrel Green Woodpecker 2 Chiffchaff 61 Canada Goose 4 Little Grebe 300 Herring Gull 20 Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 Great Black-backed Gull (2 adults and a juv) 3 Mallard 4 Moorhen 11 Stock Dove 4 Sand Martin Buzzard [Oliver Cottis]

Stanway Green 08:00 to 09:00, all water birds were in the quarry unless stated otherwise
2 Little Owl 4 Common Gull (field) 11 Black-headed Gull (field) 4 Jay 3 Chiffchaff 5 Long-tailed Tit Canada Goose Mallard Tufted Duck (male) 5 Little Grebe 5 Stock Dove 2 Common Sandpiper 500 Herring Gull (roughly) 8 Lesser Black-backed Gull 7 Moorhen Great Spotted Woodpecker Green Woodpecker 3 Sand Martin [Oliver Cottis]