Festival of Birds roundup and today's sightings
Festival of Birds Day 2
A huge thank you to all that visited, the weather turned in our favour and provided a great weekend of birding. At least two Bitterns showed from the Zeiss Hide on and off all day. The three Bean Geese also gave themselves up and showed all day along with the White-fronted Geese. With the thaw the waders returned to the floods. This included 65 Black-tailed Godwit, Spotted Redshank and 5 Ruff.
Today
Tack Piece
(View from Holden Tower, Stephen Kirk, Robbie Garnett and Martin Smith Hides)
Tundra Bean Goose- 2 adults and a first winter
E White-fronted Goose 200
Wigeon 450
Teal 290
Redshank 38
Ruff 5
Dunlin 600
Lapwing 450
Pochard 90
Bewick's Swan 30
Holden Tower
Wigeon 1300
Peregrine 1
Egyptian Goose 1
Barnacle Goose 120+
South Lake
Oystercatcher 1
Pochard 90
Cormorant 5 including sinesis in breeding plumage
Zeiss Hide
Black-tailed Godwit 65
Teal 400
Wigeon 200
Cranes- four from the Great Crane Project were back on the reserve today, apparently feeding on acorns under the Oaks to the N of the Tack Piece.
