Today's sightings
During the day the following birds were noted
Holden Tower
Ruddy Shelduck among the Eurasian Shelduck on the estuary mud
Peregrine 2
Merlin- male through mid afternoon
Marsh Harrier- the adult and juvenile seen today on/off
E. White-fronted Goose 4 among Greylag
Canada Goose 30
Barnacle Goose 150+
Dunlin 50 on flood late afternoon
Little Stint 2 on the Dumbles floods
Ruff 9
Lapwing 200
Golden Plover 250
Crane 2 (GCP)
Wigeon 117
Shoveler 27
Pintail 4
Sparrowhawk 1
Some visible migration involving a few Chaffinch and Redwing and a steady passage of Starling flocks.
Zeiss Hide
Avocet 1
Knot 1 roosting on new islands
Redshank 30
Spotted Redshank 2
Greenshank 1
Black-tailed Godwit 190
Pintail 74
Wigeon 62
Rushy
Pintail 15
Kingfisher 1
South Lake
Chiffchaff 2 in the willows
Greenshank 2 roosting this afternoon
Kingfisher Hide
Stonechat pair on fences to S of hide
