A very quick walk around Holborough marsh from 1400-1445.Almost the first bird seen was a Perigrine high over the marsh,it then drifted over towards Burham.Only other birds of note were 2 Linnet.

Linnet numbers crashed during the latter half of the 1990s.In 1995 at Holborough marsh there was at least ten pairs,in 1996,5 pairs and in 1998,2 pairs.After the year 2001,it ceased to breed there.