May 10th and 11th (New Hythe)

Clear and warm,E.

Along the river from Bucket wood,2 Common Sandpipers and a drake Gadwall were seen.

Later during the afternoon Glenn had 3 Common Sands at the Railway lake.

11th, Along the river from Bucket wood 1 Greenshank  2 Common Sandpipers  1 Kingfisher and a flyover Cuckoo.

A drake Pochard was seen on Abbey Meads during the week.

The Red Kite was photographed not far outside of the area on the 9th.

   

April 30th (Stodmarsh) New Hythe (CATCH UP).

 Clear and very warm

Nightingale (New Hythe) ringed in 2024,back this year in the same territory (PHOTO).

Nightingale NF16731 ringed as a juv at the then Conservation lake on the 15 07 2018 

re trapped on the 05 05 2025 as a (6M) in the East scrub (7years).

Blackcap AZK9828 ringed in the West scrub as a juv M on the 11 Sept 2023

controlled at Swanscombe marshes,Kent on the 25 05 2024 as a 5M and then re trapped again at Swanscombe marshes on the 22 04 2025 as a 6M.

Nightingale TY99475 (3) 01 08 2022 West scrub  re trapped (5M) 05 07 23 East scrub  re trapped East scrub (6M) 06 05 2025.

Went for the Hobbies,but only two were seen and they didn't perform.

Cuckoo 2  Cattle Egret 6  Wood Sands 2  Greenshank 1. Red kite 1 .Nice to see numbers of Teal and Gadwall still present.

On April 30th,there was a reported Turtle Dove and a fly over Osprey in the lakes complex.