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Notable Sightings 2025
May
14th Whooper Swan and Ringed Plover.
13th Red Kite.

11th Egyptian Goose (2), Hobby and White Wagtail.
10th Common Tern.
9th HOOPOE, Hobby and Cuckoo.
8th 2nd Summer Yellow-legged Gull, Common Sandpiper, Water
Rail (2), Mandarin (m) and Egyptian Geese (2).
7th Oystercatchers (6).
6th BAR-TAILED GODWIT and
Fallow Deer.
5th Egyptian Geese (2), Mandarin (2) and Teal (2).
4th Red Kite.
2nd Goosander (2), Redshank and Kingfisher.
1st Red Kite, Raven and Water Rail.
April

30th Peregrine (2) and Hobby.
29th Wheatear and Hobby.
28th WHIMBREL (2), Lesser Whitethroat, White Wagtail and Swift (2)
26th GREAT WHITE EGRET, Whinchat and Mandarin (2m).
25th Cuckoo.
24th Shelduck (2), Mandarin, Tree Pipit and Fieldfare.
22nd Wheatear, Shelduck, Common Sandpiper, Garden Warbler and
Muntjac.
18th Reed Warbler and
Roe Deer.
17th Water Rail (4), Raven and Whitethroat.
16th Mandarin and Common Sandpiper.
15th RED-CRESTED POCHARD (2m), BLACK-TAILED GODWIT )2), 
2nd Summer Yellow-legged Gull, Dunlin (3), Egyptian Geese (2) and Common Sandpiper.
14th Sedge Warbler.
13th Whitethroat, Tree Pipit, Curlew, Common Sandpiper and 
2nd Summer Yellow-legged Gull.
12th GREAT WHITE EGRET.
10th Yellow Wagtail.
8th Curlew.
7th Crossbill and Raven.
6th Second Summer Yellow-legged Gull and Great-crested Grebe.
5th 2nd Summer Yellow-legged Gull on Spit. First House Martin of the year. 6 Fieldfare, Roe Deer and a Fox.

2nd Swallow, Sand Martin (3), Shoveler (3), Willow Warbler (3) and Oystercatcher (2).
March

27th Water Rail (2), Teal, Chiffchaff (17), Swallow and a Sand Martin.
26th Blackcap and Water Rail.
25th Goosander (m), Willow Warbler, Water Rail, Little Ringed Plover and Oystercatcher (3).
24th Raven (2).
23rd Red Kite.
21st Little Ringed Plover (2) and Little Egret.
20th Woodlark, Little Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher (2), and Little Egret, 
19th Egyptian Goose and Water Rail.
17th Raven, Barn Owl and Woodlark.
16th Sand Martin, Peregrine, Oystercatcher (3) and Water Rail.
15th Raven (2).
14th EGYPTIAN GOOSE (2) and Water Rail.
9th Oystercatcher (2) and Jack Snipe.
7th Woodlark, Oystercatcher (2), Shoveler and Chiffchafff.
February

24th Stonechat (m) and Shoveler (m).
16th Water Rail (2) and Barn Owl.
9th Raven.
January
19th GOSHAWK (juv), Wigeon (2) and Water Rail.
8th GOSHAWK (juv) and Wigeon.
7th GOSHAWK (juv) and
Roe Deer (4).
3rd Water Rail.

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