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Today's sightings - lots of Avocet chicks

Holden Tower

Avocet - at least ten chicks on the scrape.
Lapwing 8 males/3 females/4 chicks on the Dumbles
Peregrine 1
Great Skua (Bonxie) on the estuary 0930-1020 at least.
Gannet 1 adult seen at 0600 on the estuary
Common Tern 2 fishing at low tide
Sand Martin 2
Swift 20

Middle Point

Turnstone 1 on the mud shelf
Dunlin 200 in flight only
Sanderling 7 flew S past at high tide
Ringed Plover 30 in flight only
Wigeon 1 male

 

Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece

Avocet pair with brood
Lapwing-brood
Teal-4

Tack Piece

Garganey-male flew off toward Holden Tower
Wigeon 1

Martin Smith Hide

Spoonbill 1
Crane pair nesting

South Lake

Oystercatcher pair with two chicks
Crane 2
Black-tailed Godwit 23
Mediterranean Gull first summer
Great Crested Grebe 2 plus chick

 

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