Western Marsh Harrier

Around an hour and a half spent on Bowling Green Marsh this morning got me . All the usual wildfowl plus a male Northern Pintail and a male Gadwall , 100+ Pied Avocet , 8 Common Greenshank , a Common Snipe , a female Western Marsh Harrier , 10 Goldcrest , 2 Common Chiffchaff , 2 Redwing and 5 Eurasian Jay all seen in between the very heavy showers .