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Steart Marshes - 1 August 2014


Steart Marshes - 1 August 2015 (evening)

1 Peregrine - adult roosting on a favoured perch.

2 Common Kestrel - hover-hunting over the marshes.

3 Common Buzzard - two loafing on low perches and one resting atop one of the pylons for almost an hour.

Also:

18+ Dunlin
15+ Black-tailed Godwit
12+ Oystercatcher
8 Ringed Plover
2 Turnstone
3 Greenshank
2 Common Sandpiper
6 Little Egret
4 Grey Heron
3 Common Wheatear
40+ Barn Swallow
8+ Common Swift
6+ Skylark
800+ Black-headed Gull
1 Stock Dove
70+ Rook

1 Red Fox chasing a Rabbit, unsuccessfully.

NPW