Floods and floods of birds!
Extensive flooding has creating really excellent birdwatching from all of the hides. Some big numbers of birds are on site including 689 pintails and 7,406 Lapwings!
Bewick's Swan 199
European White-fronted Goose 134
Barnacle Goose 140
Egyptian Goose 1
Shelduck 60
Wigeon 3200
Gadwall 65
Teal 2540
Pintail a whopping count of (689) including a flock of 583 on the Tack Piece!
Shoveler 85
Pochard 220
Tufted Duck 430
Cormorant 14
Bittern 1 Still at the Zeiss Hide
Grey Heron 4
Little Egret 2
Sparrowhawk 2
Buzzard 4
Kestrel 2
Peregrine 2
Golden Plover 962
Lapwing 7,406
Dunlin 800
Ruff 15
Jack Snipe 3 Seen in flight over the saltmasrh
Snipe 5
Black-tailed Godwit 83
Curlew 250
Spotted Redshank 1
Redshank 60
Great-spotted Woodpecker 1
Treecreeper 2
Goldcrest 4
Cetti's Warbler 2
Jay 1
Mistle Thrush 2
Lesser Redpoll 28