2 February 2010
Rushy
Female RING-NECKED DUCK (this is the site where the first for the Western Palearctic was found in March 1955)
Goldeneye female
Pochard 500
Bewick's Swan 250 at roost
South Lake
Goldeneye (a second female on site)
Ruddy Duck male
Holden Tower
Another high 10.1m tide at Sharpness produced a flood of the Dumbles. The conditions are ideal for huge numbers of birds and c5000 birds were present here this morning including Ruff, Redshank, Dunlin, Lapwing, E White-fronted Goose 331, Barnacle Geese 156, Canada Goose 200, Wigeon 2500, Pintail, Teal, Bewick's Swans and lots of gulls. A flock of c20 Linnet and 12 Skylark also seen with female Peregrine hunting the area.
Tack Piece
E White-fronted Geese 100 moved here from the Dumbles
Lapwing 500
Dunlin 350
Peregrine was sat in the tall trees