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Steart Marshes - 13 October 2015

Steart Marshes - 13 October 2015 (morning)

2 Peregrine (adult pair) - perched close together for at least 90 minutes.

5 Kestrel - two perched and three hover-hunting.

3 Common Buzzard - loafing about on low perches.

1 Barn Owl - quartering the bank of the River Parrett for half an hour.

Also:

26 Little Egret
200+ Avocet - flying low above the River Parrett.
300+ Curlew
180+ Black-tailed Godwit
250+ Dunlin
25+ Redshank
4 Greenshank - roosting together out on the marshes.
2 Knot
50+ Lapwing
4 Barn Swallow - flew over low heading Southwards at 0930 hours.
30+ Skylark
25+ Meadow Pipit
1 Grey Wagtail - on Stert Drove near Marsh Farm.
30+ Linnet
40+ Goldfinch
10 Chaffinch

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Re: Steart Marshes - 13 October 2015

Steart Marshes - 13 October 2015 (afternoon)

2 Peregrine (male and female - adults) - roosting on favoured perches.

4 Kestrel - hover-hunting.

1 Sparrowhawk - the leucistic hawk was seen hunting at the SW edge of Steart Village being mobbed by two Carrion Crows. Later watched for 30 minutes 'still hunting' from low perches out on the marshes.

2 Common Buzzard - one flying low being mobbed by a Carrion Crow and the other roosting on a low perch.

Also:

300+ Curlew
150+ Black-tailed Godwit
20+ Redshank
50+ Lapwing
2 Greenshank
1 Spotted Redshank - feeding in front of the Viewing Screen NE of Polden Hide.
40+ Dunlin
2 Raven
80+ Goldfinch
20+ Skylark
4 White Wagtail - feeding near the Viewing Screen NE of Polden Hide.
1 Wheatear
2 Stonechat

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