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Steart Marshes - 24 October 2015

Steart Marshes - 24 October 2015 (afternoon)

5 Kestrel - all hover-hunting and an immature male seen to capture a small mammal and carry it to a nearby post to consume it.

2 Common Buzzard - both flying low (separately), one being mobbed by three Carrion Crows.

1 Short-eared Owl - actively hunting low over Wall Common in the fresh WNW breeze.

Also:

1 Great White Egret - on the marshes in front of the Viewing Screen.
20+ Little Egret
1200+ Dunlin
323 Black-tailed Godwit - accurate count of single flock roosting on the marshes.
250+ Lapwing
25+ Golden Plover
20+ Redshank
15+ Curlew
10+ Grey Plover
2 Greenshank
2 Ruff
Wigeon
Shelduck
Mallard
Teal
4 Pintail
2 Raven
5+ White Wagtail
5 Skylark
20+ Meadow Pipit
1 Cetti's Warbler

Exotic escapes:

3 Bar-headed Geese (Anser indicus) - flying around above Stockland Marsh.

NPW