Recent sightings - 11th September
The following sightings were recorded by Toni Castello, warden.
Main lake – visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre
Mallard 250, Gadwall 6, Tufted 3.
Wadermarsh - visible from Brent Hide
Common teal 9.
Freshwater lagoon – visible from Brent Hide and Crannog
Mute swan 2 adults + 5 cygnets, Gadwall 4, Grey heron 1.
Crannog
Young Swallows' first flights! Good luck for this late brood!!.
Brickworks
Gold finch 25: Our nice grassland is providing this post-breeding group with some energetic seeds!!
Estuary – visible from Brent hide and Limekiln observatory
Light-bellied brent geese +400 (numbers progressively increasing), Oystercatcher +450, Herring gull 1, Black-headed gull +300, Lesser black-backed gull 1, Little egret 1, Curlew +10, Eider +40.
