Dawn on the Marsh

Overcast, 9º, no wind at dawn, rain at 07:30 (thundery).

A somewhat dull and chilly start on Cholsey marsh just before dawn with a couple of Sedge Warbler in song. 

As the day slowly broke more birds joined the chorus and we walked up to Bow Bridge and back to the southern edge of the marsh and noted the following either heard or seen:

Mute Swan – 2 adults

Greylag Goose – 4 flew upriver

Canada Goose – 20+ around

Mallard – 20+

Pheasant – 8

Little Grebe – 1

Great Crested Grebe – 2

Grey Heron – 1 flew downriver

Red Kite – 5

Buzzard – 2

Hobby – 1

Kestrel - 1

Moorhen

Coot

Wood Pigeon

Stock Dove – 6+

Tawny Owl – 2

Kingfisher – 2

Green Woodpecker – 1

Great-spotted Woodpecker – 3

Swallow – 3

Pied Wagtail – 2

Dunnock

Robin

Redstart - 1♂

Song Thrush – 3

Blackbird

Garden Warbler – 2

Blackcap – 5

Common Whitethroat – 9

Lesser Whitethroat – 2

Sedge Warbler - 20+

Grasshopper Warbler – 3

Reed Warbler – 2

Willow Warbler – 1

Chiffchaff – 6

Wren – 20+

Great Tit

Blue Tit

Long-tailed Tit

Treecreeper – 1

Magpie

Jackdaw

Rook

Carrion Crow

Chaffinch

Linnet

Goldfinch

Greenfinch

Bullfinch – 6

Reed Bunting – 5

We left shortly after 07:20, got home and had a great cooked breakfast and watched the thundery weather. 

 Garden Warbler

 Sedge Warbler