I had a good walk around the patch yesterday, checking around the campsite and then on to Chislet Marshes. Birds noted included 2 Woodcock into roost, Gadwall and Teal heard in the dark and 1 Water Rail called. There were 30 Mute Swan, 3 Mallard, 4 Pheasant, 10 Stock Dove, 37 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 25 Moorhen, 3 Coot, 6 Herring Gull, 12 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Barn Owl, 2 Little Owl, 3 Great spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 20 Jackdaw, c30 Rook, 2 Raven, 8 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 7 Skylark and 3 Cetti's Warbler. There were 2 Long tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Mistle Thrush, 8 Song Thrush, 18 Blackbird, 64 Fieldfare, 7 Robin, 6 Stonechat, 4 Dunnock, 4 House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit, 14 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 5 Linnet, 3 Goldfinch, 12 Corn Bunting, 25 Yellowhammer and 22 Reed Bunting. 

Treecreeper

I had a couple of hours in the Nethergong area this morning where I noted 3 Woodcock flying into roost early morning. Also 1 Tawny Owl and 1 Snipe heard in the dark. As the light picked up I saw 30 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Geese, 4 Mallard, 1 Pheasant, 4 Stock dove, 10 Woodpigeon, 1 Water Rail, 18 Moorhen, 3 Coot, 1 Snipe, 10 Black headed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 505 Cormorant out towards Reculver, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 17 Jackdaw, c80 Rook, 2 Raven, 2 Mistle Thrush (75), 4 Song Thrush, 31 Redwing, 35 Fieldfare, 5 Meadow Pipit, 25 Chaffinch, 2 Linnet, 18 Goldfinch and 1 Reed Bunting. Nocmig recording Tuesday night in the Nethergong area produced 1 Long eared Owl which called briefly in the early hours and 1 Tawny Owl. 

Long eared Owl

A couple of visits in to the area today with the first this morning at 6am where I noted 31 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Geese, 4 Mallard, 3 Pheasant, 4 Stock Dove, 16 Moorhen, 3 Coot, 1 Woodcock, c150 Herring Gull, 139 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Marsh Harrier, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Tawny Owl, 1 Great spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, c150 Rook, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper (74), 3 Redwing, 10 Fieldfare, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch, 5 Linnet and 20 Goldfinch. 

I returned to the area at 11:30 where I had a good walk around the southern end of Chislet Marshes and the campsite. Birds noted included 33 Mute Swan, 3 Coot, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Raven, 36 Skylark, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Redwing, 6 Stonechat, 1 Linnet, 7 Corn Bunting, 16 Reed Bunting and an excellent count of 33 Yellowhammer together feeding in a field out on the marsh. 

Coot