Marsh Harrier becomes 132 on the year list at pits

Juvenile Buzzard

Main pit from north bank

Little Grebe brood

Yellow Wagtail

Banded Demoiselle

A juvenile Marsh Harrier was added to the patchs year list on Sunday when Jon picked up the dark bird as it came up from the maize field being harassed by a large number of corvids before flying further away from us in a northerley direction.

Other records included a moulting male Redstart, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Snipe, 30 Swift, 50 Sand Martin, 200 House Martin, 220 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 240 Black-headed Gull, 2 Raven, 1 Hobby, 1 Kestrel and 3 Buzzard.