High Tide and Birds
The tide completely covered the Dumbles this morning and came about a foot up the sea wall, the highest flood since this section of the sea wall was raised in 1990. This has left the Dumbles in a really good condition for the growing flocks of waders and Ducks. A great time to come and visit if you can dodge the rain.
Holden Tower, Robbie Garnett and Martin Smith Hide
Huge mobile flocks of Waders and Ducks are constantly on the move from field to field.
Bewicks Swan 110
Whitefronted Goose 170(mainly feeding in fields to the north)
Brent Goose 1 (the usual injured bird)
Canada, Greylag and Barnacle Geese.
Wigeon 4500
Teal 700
Pintail 90
Golden Plover 3000
Lapwing 5000
Dunlin 3200
Knot a group of 10 briefly at high tide.
Little Stint 1 around Holden Scrape.
Ruff 5
Redshank 27
Black Tailed Godwit 230
Curlew 180
GBB Gull 27
Peregrine 1
Buzzard 2
Sparrowhawk 1
Starling 700
Skylark 20
Common Crane 1
Zeiss Hide
Common Crane 3
Wigeon 300
Teal 1700
Avocet 4
Black Tailed Godwit 80
