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Steart Marshes - 15 August 2015

Steart Marshes - 15 August 2015 (morning)

2 Peregrine (both female) - adult seen half-heartedly chasing after a Dunlin quite high above the marshes. Failed and then interacted briefly a juvenile or immature falcon.

4 Kestrel - all hover-hunting.

2 Sparrowhawk - one low level hunting around Otterhampton Marshes. Later an adult female located soaring at 250-300m up then executed a spectacular vertical stoop and disappeared behind trees.

8+ Common Buzzard - two perched and the rest soaring singles or pairs.

Also:

2 Wood Sandpiper - flying around near Mendip Hide calling. One landed on Otterhampton Marshes in front of the Viewing Screen and the other dropped down just West of the main Car Park.
80+ Ringed Plover
45+ Dunlin
1 Greenshank - roosting at edge of Mendip Hide Lagoon.
1 Common Sandpiper
7 Bar-tailed Godwit
2 Redshank
1 Ruff
6 Oystercatcher
7 Knot
2 Turnstone
18+ Little Egret
6 Grey Heron
50+ Shelduck
15 Canada Goeese
3 Yellow Wagtail - on marshes near Mendip Hide.
50+ Barn Swallow
40+ House Martin
2 Stock Dove
10+ Greenfinch
25+ Goldfinch
10+ Linnet

1 Clouded Yellow butterfly

NPW