Happy Christmas everyone
Holden Tower and Hides
A good high tide this morning pushed all the waders and wildfowl up onto the fileds
Whitefronted Goose 90 and Pinkfoot 1 Feeding one field north of the Tack Piece.
movements back in front of the hides just after mid day most days.
Barnacle Goose 176 a good count
Wigeon 650 total counted from all the hides.
Teal 430
Pintail 232 on the scrapes 55 on the Estuary.
Lapwing 1900
Golden Plover 2170 finally stayed still long enough to count
Redshank 9
Ruff 9
Dunlin 1200
Little Stint 1 on Holden scrape
Black Tailed Godwit 34
Crane 2 in fields to north.
Peregrine Falcon 1
Buzzard 2
GBB Gull 21
Zeiss and South Finger Hides (Kingfisher)
Great feeding flocks of waders many feeding on the Bottom New Piece Field this morning good views from the Kingfisher Hide.
Bittern couldn't find it on a brief look this morning but showed yesterday.
Wigeon 320
Teal 950
Pintail 34
Gadwall 12 at Kingfisher Hide
Avocet 4 increased from 3 yesterday , almost feels like spring !
Lapwing 910
Black Tailed Godwit 169
Ruff 3
Dunlin 380
Cettis At least 3 different birds between Zeiss and Kingfisher Hide.
Water Rail 2
Little Grebe 1
Rushy
Bewicks Swan total 76 overnight.
Whooper Swan 1 flew out heading eastward on the 08.00 feed.
Redshank 2
Teal 90
South Lake
Redshank 6
Dunlin 10
Ruff 1
Lapwing 310
