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Tack Piece back to its very best

Holden Tower and Robbie Garnett Hide. If you have never seen the Tack Piece at its very best now is a great time to put that right. Two very dry winters and some wet and mild weather over the pa [...]

Holden Tower and Robbie Garnett Hide.

If you have never seen the Tack Piece at its very best now is a great time to put that right.
Two very dry winters and some wet and mild weather over the past few weeks have
combined to create flooding and a super abundance of food.

Wildfowl

Bewicks Swan 149 most of the flock are spending the day in here.
Whitefronted Goose 171 including a neck collared bird.
Wigeon 2020
Teal 450
Pintail 36
Pochard 80
Tufted Duck 65

Waders

Really stunning with big flocks and lots of movements.
Lapwing 4000
Golden Plover 990
Dunlin 2000
Ruff 7
Redshank 22
Black Tailed Godwit 50 (moving between here and South Lake)
Curlew 57 (some very close views)
Buzzard 2
Peregrine 1
Cettis 1 (in front Robbie Garnett)

Rushy

Ferruginous hybrid 1 male.
Lesser Scaup. Struggling to find it this morning but keep looking.

Zeiss Hide

Teal 660
Pintail 36
Lapwing 2000
Curlew 8
Buzzard 2

Bittern No reports yet (10.00) but good prolonged views yesterday fro 12.00

South Lake

Great Crested Grebe 1
Cormorant 11
Shoveler 26
Lapwing 250
Black tailed Godwit 50
Curlew 15
Dunlin 12

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