Wildlife seen during a July walk round RSPB Rainham Marshes

I love visiting RSPB Rainham Marshes, near Purfleet, in Essex.  These photos are from a recent visit there.

Firstly a couple of large birds:

A Grey Heron was patrolling one of the lagoons

 A couple of Little Egrets were dancing at the edge of another lagoon

Now moving on to much smaller birds:

A very tiny Wren was singing tunefully at the edge of the boardwalk

 A female Linnet was hopping around in the bushes and I just managed to get her into a photo

A Goldfinch was not being very co-operative as a model and refused to turn round for me

I accidentally had more luck with this Sedge Warbler as it hopped to the front of the shrubbery

Lastly, not to forget the tiny creatures that live in the nature reserve, here is a Common Darter dragonfly perching on a dead twig