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Tuesday 3 April 2012

Matford marsh & bowling green marsh

Matford marsh this afternoon 3 green sandpipers showed well

Bowling green marsh from 15:00 till 18:00 from the hide

A spotted redshank flew in with 60+ redshanks, there was a steady passage of sand martins 140+, 40+ swallows, and my first house martins of the year with 2. Also still 6 gadwall,1 shoveler and 7+ wigeon, 2 little egrets, 30+ shelducks, 1 common gull, 1 peregrine, 50+ bar tailed godwits, 90+ black tailed godwits, 2 little grebes, 1 fox, 2 roe deer