2 Whimbrel (Phase 1 + Phase 3, FOY), male Common Redstart (Phase 1, FOY), 2 Whinchat (Phase 1, FOY), male Ring Ouzel still (Phase 1), Cuckoo (along path near North Lake), White Wagtail (Phase 1), 8+ Northern Wheatear, 7+ Yellow Wagtail, 2 Redshank still (100acre, permit only), 12+ Whitethroat, 6+ Sedge Warbler, 8+ Reed Warbler, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 4+ Green Sandpiper, 2+ House Martin, 25+ Swallow, 20+ Sand Martin, Willow Warbler, 2 Wigeon still (North Lake), 4 Great Crested Grebe, Redwing, 6+ Snipe, Kingfisher, Rook, Shelduck – sightings per eBird and WhatsApp.

Drake Garganey on the North Lake; also female Black Redstart by incinerator again (permit only), 2+ male Ring Ouzel (First of the Year), Cuckoo heard on the mound (permit only + first of the year), 2+ Common Sandpiper on the North Lake, male Wheatear on P1, 2 Redshank still on 100acre, 4+ Little Ringed Plover, 2 Wigeon, 6+ Green Sandpiper, 2+ Yellow Wagtail, 2+ Sedge Warbler, 9+ Reed Warbler, 4+ House Martin, 20+ Swallow, 5+ Sand Martin, 12+ Whitethroat, 6+ Snipe, 2+ Willow Warbler, Nuthatch, Mistle Thrush (per eBird and WhatsApp)

Grasshopper Warbler reeling on 100 acre (permit only), 2 Redshank still and 3+ Green Sandpiper permit only), 20+ Common Whitethroat, 4+ Wheatear, Fieldfare, 2+ Yellow Wagtail, 2 Wigeon on North Lake still, 6+ Sedge Warbler, 4+ Reed Warbler, 3+ Sand Martin, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Willow Warbler, Rook, 5+ Snipe, 2 Mistle Thrush (per eBird and WhatsApp)

2 Spoonbill roosted overnight on the North Lake, flew E at dawn and refound at RSPB Rainham Marshes; also 2 Redshank still, 3+ Wheatear (permit only), 3+ Sedge Warbler, 3+ Reed Warbler, 8+ Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, 3+ Yellow Wagtail through, Swallow, House Martin, Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 3 Sand Martin, 6+ Snipe, Rook, Mistle Thrush [er eBird and WhatsApp]

3cy Mediterranean Gull flew SE over P3 with Black-headed Gulls, 4+ Whitethroat, 2 Redshank still on 100acre, 4+ Reed Warbler, 3+ Yellow Wagtail, 2 Wigeon still, 7+ Swallow, 3+ Sand Martin, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 3+ Green Sandpiper (permit only), 2 Mistle Thrush, 3+ Snipe, 3 Rook (per eBird and WhatsApp)

2+ Reed Warbler, 2 Redshank and Water Pipit still (permit only), 2+ Whitethroat, 2 Wigeon on the North Lake, 3+ Sedge Warbler, Yellow Wagtail N, 8+ Swallow, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 9+ Snipe, 3+ Green Sandpiper, Nuthatch (per eBird and WhatsApp)

Great Egret through, 2 Redshank still, Little Ringed Plover, 2+ Green Sandpiper, Swallow, (per eBird and WhatsApp)

Male Pied Flycatcher along 100acre northern treeline mid afternoon; also Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, 2 Redshank still on 100acre (permit only), Tawny Owl, Little Ringed Plover, 4+ Snipe, 2+ Green Sandpiper, 4 Shelduck (per eBird)

Nightingale singing at the SE end of the South Lake (FOS), Reed Warbler singing South Lake (FOS), Tree Pipit flew N, 2+ Whitethroat, 2 Redshank still, 8+ Yellow Wagtail, 4+ Sedge Warbler, 6+ Sand Martin, 2+ Swallow, 2 Willow Warbler, 7 Snipe, 6+ Green Sandpiper, Mistle Thrush (per eBird and WhatsApp)

2 Common Whitethroat (FOY), 5 House Martin through (FOY), 5+ Sedge Warbler, 5+ Yellow Wagtail, 2 Redshank still on 100 acre, 7+ Swallow, 12+ Sand Martin, 3+ Little Ringed Plover, Water Pipit still (permit only), 5+ Green Sandpiper, 4+ Snipe, Nuthatch, 2 Mistle Thrush, 7 Chaffinch (per eBird and WhatsApp)

1 Avocet, 2 Redshank, 1 Tree Pipit, 4 Greylag Goose, 6 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Shelduck, 48 Shoveler, 24 Gadwall, 32 Mallard, 7 Pochard, 44 Tufted Duck, 1 Pheasant, 16 Stock Dove, 2 Collared Dove, 5 Little Ringed Plover, 10 Lapwing, 3 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Gull, 20 Herring Gull, 30 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 7 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 14 Grey Heron, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Kestrel, 2 Jay, 16 Magpie, 1 Rook, 90 Carrion Crow, 6 Skylark, 4 Sedge Warbler, 2 Sand Martin, 6 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff, 4 Cetti’s Warbler, 8 Blackcap, 1 Mistle Thrush, 7 Song Thrush, 10 Dunnock, 8 House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit, 6 Greenfinch, 10 Linnet, 14 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting [Anand Ramesh, Glenn Jones and Mark Bravery, plus eBird]

female Marsh Harrier flew out and North, Sedge Warbler in subsong on the North Lake, male Wheatear (permit only), 2 Redshank still but now on 100acre, Barn Owl, 6 Little Ringed Plover, Willow Warbler, 4+ Green Sandpiper and Water Pipit (permit only), Nuthatch, Mistle Thrush, Shelduck (per eBird and WhatsApp)

Marsh Harrier early afternoon and Oystercatcher on the North Lake; also 2 Redshank still, 2 Swallow and 4 Sand Martin through, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Jack Snipe and Water Pipit (permit only), Willow Warbler, 3+ Green Sandpiper, 5+ Snipe, 2+ Rook (per eBird and WhatsApp)

Also first reported Orange Tip butterflies of the year.

2 Redshank still on P1, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Shelduck, Nuthatch (per eBird and WhatsApp)

Yellow Wagtail (FOY) flew N early am, 2 Redshank still on Phase 1, Swallow over North Lake, Water Pipit still on Enclosed lagoon (permit only), 5 Little Ringed Plover, 5+ Green Sandpiper, 4 Snipe, Mistle Thrush on mound, Nuthatch by SW gate (per eBird and WhatsApp)