2-9-18
Willow warbler x 2 (singing by Visitor Centre at 10 a.m.).
1-9-18
Kingfisher x 3 (1 male, 1 female, 1 juvenile seen from Willow Hide), green sandpiper x 1 (Tyler Hide),
nuthatch x 1 (calling in the car park area), chiffchaff x 1 (singing by Visitor centre), blackcap x 1 (alarm calling by main track),
red kite x 2 (seen distant from the East Lake), common buzzard x 3, peregrine x 1 (high over the East Lake).
31-8-18
Water rail x 1 (on River Darent).
29-8-18
Pochard x 2, teal x 3, lapwing x 25, kingfisher x 2 (East Lake and West Lake), willow warbler x 1 (West Lake), chiffchaff x 5,
green sandpiper x 1 (Willow Hide), common buzzard x 2.
28-8-18
Green sandpiper x 2 (Willow Hide), kingfisher x 2, long-tailed tit x 10, goldcrest x 1, grey wagtail x 1 (by Visitor Centre).
27-8-18
Common buzzard x 1, little egret x 1, shoveler x 3.
26-8-18
Marsh harrier x 1 (over East Lake at 7 a.m.), grey heron x 4, common buzzard x 1, Mandarin duck x 1, pochard x 5,
little grebe x 2 adults and 1 juvenile, kingfisher x 1 (juvenile), swift x 1, swallow x 14, house martin x 25, sand martin x 12,
great-crested grebe x 13 adults and 4 +3 young, little egret x 2, jay x 5, willow warbler x 1, green sandpiper x 1.
25-8-18
Kingfisher x 4, sparrowhawk x 2 (juveniles), green sandpiper x 1, treecreeper x 1 (just past Tyler Hide), kestrel x 1,
sand martin x 6, house martin x 7, swallow x 27, chiffchaff x 10, blackcap x 1, nuthatch x 2.
24-8-18
Kingfisher x 1 (Carter and Willow Hide), swift x 1.
22-8-18
Greenshank x 2, pochard x 1, Mandarin duck x 1, lapwing x 20, green sandpiper x 1, common sandpiper x 1, swallow x 30,
house martin x 10, chiffchaff x 10, blackcap x 3, reed warbler x 2, nuthatch x 1, goldfinch x 25.
Susanna Clerici