Just in case anyone was wondering the 5 WHOOPER SWANS were still at Rainham Marshes RSPB Sunday morning until 0747 when they left to the north east. One of the juvenile GLAUCOUS GULLS is still on the Target Pools and a single Bar-tailed Godwit was on Purfleet Scrape Sunday morning.
Saturday: 5 adult WHOOPER SWANS, 2 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE, 2nd yr Caspian Gull, Curlew, 33 Common Redshank, 2 Little Egrets, 120 Greylag Geese, 24 Shelduck, 90 Gadwall, 41 Tufted Duck, 15 Pochard, 12 Pintail, 4 European Golden Plover, 28 Snipe, 200 Dunlin, Water Rail, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, 2000 Lapwing, 5 Cetti`s Warbler, Mistle Thrush, 40 Linnet, female Peregrine, female Kestrel.
The five Whooper Swans were tracked all the way down the Lee Valley from Saturday lunchtime and ended up on the Thames at Crossness before heading to the scrape in front of the centre to roost. All were adults and one was colour ringed (Howard Vaughan)
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