Young Goshawk
A number of sightings from about the reserve concerning a young Goshawk, it was seen about the Rushy and Tack Piece and from the afternoon Landrover safari. Brilliant views of the bird were had by all as it flew low ahead of the Landrover before it flew up into the tall trees, this made the Crows very nervous. Another fly-past followed, this time almost overhead until it reached the estuary flushing every bird in the area. It made a kill, we couldn't identify what but then carried the prize off to the summer walkway/Tack Piece hedge.
Goshawk- Image from D. Cormack (taken from the Landrover trailer)
Tack Piece scrape
Two Little-ringed Plover, a Greenshank and four Green Sandpiper.
Rushy Pen
15 Green Sandpiper, 2 Redshank and 8 Lapwing the highlights here today, a Greenshank visited but moved to the Tack Piece.
Holden Tower
3 Green Sandpiper, 3 Teal and on the estuary over high tide- 116 Curlew, Peregrine with two Yellow-legged Gull at low tide.
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece
34 Avocet, 4 Dunlin, 41 Lapwing, adult and juvenile Mediterranean Gulls with 400 Black-headed Gulls.
South Lake
500 Black-headed Gulls, 201 Black-tailed Godwit, 28 Redshank, 87 Lapwing, 5 Ruff, 85 Gadwall and 6 Shoveler.
