Latest Sightings
For anyone visiting at the moment, the spectacle of Barnacle Geese is only getting better with a whopping 12,000 seen on the reserve yesterday! When you're looking through the geese, keep an eye out for any white ones as there are a few around at the moment. 3 of the white geese are still Barnacle Geese, but they have pure white feathers; they're known as 'leucistic' Barnacles and still have their black bill and legs (see photo below).
If you see a large white goose with black tips to the wings, a pink bill and pink legs, this is a Snow Goose. This could be a genuine rare visitor from North East Siberia/North America, but could also easily be an escaped bird, we’ll probably never know…
Today's high tide is at 13:22 9.1m
Around the reserve today:
Barnacle Geese: 12000 - including 3 leucistic (white) Barnacles & 1 Snow Goose
Whooper Swans: 20
Whooper Pond
Mute Swan 14
Mallard 190
Tufted Duck 30
Wigeon 50
Little Grebe 2
Folly Pond
Teal 300
Wigeon 150
Mallard 30
Shoveler 10
Snipe 4
Avenue Tower
BITTERN 1 - showing incredibly well out in the open the past few weeks
Teal 21
Wigeon 39
Grey Heron 3
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Peregrine 1
Barnacle Geese
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Song Thrush
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
Siskin
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Lesser Redpoll
Great-spotted Woodpecker
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