Plenty of juvenile passerines about
Heavy overnight rain followed by a damp morning may well have been responsible for a fall of passerines, the hedges were very busy with young birds which are now making their own way in life. A little patience in any sunny spot with fruits should reveal warblers, tits and finches, that includes our car park hedges and trees!
Blackcap and berries
Juvenile Linnet and Lesser Whitethroat
Robbie Garnett Hide
A Wood Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Gadwall and 10 Teal.
Rushy Pen
4 Green Sandpiper, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Lapwing and a few Teal on the lower pond, three Wigeon plus the hybrid male on the top pond.
South Lake
9 Ruff, 197 Black-tailed Godwit, 35 Redshank, 58 Lapwing, 5 Snipe and 1 Green Sandpiper were among the wader highlights, plenty of duck were also present with 58 Gadwall and 2 Pochard among the commoner species.
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece
Over the tide at least 71 Ringed Plover, a non-breeding plumaged Little Stint and 200+ Dunlin joined 14 Redshank and 28 Black-tailed Godwit.
Holden Tower
The Peregrine, Marsh Harrier, a variety of passerines and 30+ Sanderling and 4 Oystercatcher were seen in flight over the estuary.
