June 12th
On a warm but breezy morning the highlight was hearing a Quail (165th) calling in the grass field east of the White Poplars. This is the first record here since 2015 and the first one I have heard on the Marsh since 2012.
Other birds we recorded included 2 Red-legged Partridges, 1 Blackcap, 9 Reed Warblers, 9 Goldfinches, 18 Skylarks, 10 Whitethroats, 5 Chaffinches, 2 Mute Swans, 3 Swallows, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Sedge Warblers, 8 Linnets, 4 Reed Buntings, 10 Oystercatchers, 1 Little Egret, 4 Meadow Pipits, 2 Ringed Plovers, 2 Mallard, 1 Coot, 1 Kestrel, 1 Cuckoo and 1 Mistle Thrush.