Yellow-browed Warbler heard in subsong/song along the western perimeter of the North Lake, along the permissive path, late morning – site’s first spring record; also Corn Bunting flew over vismig hide and dropped near South Lake (permit only); also Greenshank dropped in mid afternoon before flying N, Black Redstart (permit), 2+ Common Sandpiper, Redshank and Green Sandpiper still (permit), Raven, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Tawny Owl, Yellow Wagtail, Willow Warbler (per eBird and WhatsApp)

2 Lesser Whitethroat and Nightingale reported, 2 Great Egrets SE, 2 Whinchat on P1, 8+ Wheatear, Mediterranean Gull through, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 2+ Willow Warbler, 2 Great Crested Grebe (per eBird and WhatsApp)

3+ Wheatear, 4 Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Great Crested Grebe, Mistle Thrush (per eBird and WhatsApp)

Garden Warbler (FOY) and Hobby in vicinity of 100acre; also female Black Redstart still (permit only), 2 Whimbrel E, Marsh Harrier S, 3+ Wheatear, 2 Redshank still (permit), 3 LRP, 4+ Green Sandpiper, 2+ Snipe, Yellow Wagtail, Great Crested Grebe, 2 Rook, Mistle Thrush (per eBird and WhatsApp)

Short-eared Owl flew N, before returning to North Lake late morning; also Grasshopper Warbler reeling in SE corner (permit), Curlew flew SE, Wheatear, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Redshank still (permit), Green Sandpiper, Tawny Owl, 2+ Yellow Wagtail, Great Crested Grebe, Kingfisher, 2 Mistle Thrush, Nuthatch (per eBird and WhatsApp)

Hobby over South Lake early afternoon (FOY) and 2-3 Grasshopper Warblers all reeling; also 2+ Wheatear, 3+ Yellow Wagtail, 2 Redshank still (permit only), 37+ Whitethroat, 25+ Reed Warbler, 2+ Willow Warbler, 9+ Sedge Warbler, Great Crested Grebe, 10+ Sand Martin, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 5+ Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Mistle Thrush, Rook (per eBird and WhatsApp)

2 Whinchat and Ring Ouzel still at the back of Phase 1, Nightingale singing parkside, female Redstart (permit only, SE corner), Wheatear, 2 Redshank still 100acre (permit only), 5+ Sand Martin, 10+ Swallow, 3 Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Green Sandpiper, Great Crested Grebe (per eBird and WhatsApp)

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)