Vange Marsh RSPB 08:00 to 09:00, Cold frosty morning, quick look before visit to Wat Tyler with Terry Malby
80 Lapwing 4 Common Gull 1 Green Sandpiper 1 Kestrel 20 Stock Dove 2 Shoveler 2 Wigeon [Matt Turner]

Vange Marsh RSPB 14:15 to 16:15, Sunny, some cloud. Chilly.
2 Little Grebe 30 Wigeon (At least.) 20 Gadwall 3 Shoveler 1 Buzzard 3 Marsh Harrier (Adult male, adult female & immature.) 1 Sparrowhawk 151 Lapwing (At least.) 2 Dunlin 1 Snipe 34 Black-tailed Godwit (Feeding on strip of saltmarshon Vange Creek at high tide.) 1 Ruff 9 Redshank 2 Green Sandpiper 175 Black-headed Gull (At least. ) 7 Common Gull 17 Stock Dove 1 Barn Owl (Hunting across the creek on old tip; @15:30.) 1 Green Woodpecker 1 Grey Wagtail 2 Stonechat (Pair.) 2 Bearded Tit (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

Vange Marsh RSPB 14:30 to 16:30, Cloudy.
130 Wigeon (At least. All on saline lagoon.) 92 Teal (All on main flood.) 16 Mallard 1 Buzzard 3 Marsh Harrier (Adult male, adult female & immature.) 2 Sparrowhawk (Male & female.) 1 Kestrel 2 Water Rail 40 Lapwing 1 Curlew 2 Redshank 1 Green Sandpiper 5 Common Gull 1 Green Woodpecker 1 Kingfisher 1 Grey Wagtail 2 Stonechat (Pair.) [Andrew Cox]

Vange Marsh RSPB 16:00 to 17:00, Cloudy, breezy.
60 Wigeon 80 Mallard 1 Marsh Harrier (Adult female.) 1 Redshank 2 Snipe 72 Black-headed Gull [Andrew Cox]

Vange Marsh RSPB 17:00 to 18:00, Cloudy, some late sun.
2 Little Grebe 2 Little Egret 1 Grey Heron 100 Greylag Goose (At least.) 1 Buzzard 1 Marsh Harrier (Adult male.) 1 Kestrel 14 Black-tailed Godwit 1 Redshank 1 Green Sandpiper 1 Kingfisher 1 Water Rail [Andrew Cox]

Vange Marsh RSPB 16:15 to 18:00, Sun & cloud. Mild. Showers.
1 Little Grebe 1 Buzzard 2 Marsh Harrier (Adult female & immature.) 4 Curlew 2 Redshank 2 Green Sandpiper 1 Kingfisher 12 Meadow Pipit 40 Pied Wagtail (At least.) 2 Grey Wagtail 2 Swallow 4 Bearded Tit (At least.) 30 Linnet 5 Reed Bunting (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

Vange Marsh RSPB 16:00 to 17:30, Sunny, warm.
2 Kestrel 5 Grey Heron 5 Little Egret 16 Curlew 1 Redshank 1 Green Woodpecker 1 Kingfisher (Showing well, fishing by the sluice near the saline lagoon.) 4 Yellow Wagtail (Flew over saline lagoon at no great height.) 2 Bearded Tit (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

Vange Marsh RSPB 13:15 to 15:15, Sun & cloud. Warm, breezy.
5 Grey Heron 5 Little Egret 2 Buzzard 1 Marsh Harrier (Adult male.) 23 Curlew (Roosting on dry area. ) 2 Redshank (Saline lagoon.) 2 Greenshank (Saline lagoon.) 3 Green Sandpiper (Saline lagoon.) 3 Common Sandpiper (Saline lagoon.) 100 Black-headed Gull (At least. Roosting on dry area.) 7 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Roosting on dry area.) 4 Bearded Tit 2 Goldfinch (Pair.) [Andrew Cox]

Vange Marsh RSPB 17:00 to 18:30, Sun & clouds. Warm.
1 Marsh Harrier 1 Kestrel 6 Curlew 1 Greenshank 3 Green Sandpiper 5 Little Egret 2 Grey Heron [Andrew Cox]

Vange Marsh RSPB 17:00 to 18:30, Sun & clouds. Warm. All sightings from saline lagoon.
1 Sparrowhawk 3 Lapwing (At least.) 1 Redshank 2 Greenshank 4 Green Sandpiper 1 Common Sandpiper 5 Curlew (At least. Roosting on the dry flood.) 2 Bearded Tit (At least.) [Andrew Cox]