Today's sightings
Holden Tower
Dumbles
Numbers of Golden Plover built through to early afternoon before they departed toward the Cotswolds, c800 birds on site. 2000+ Lapwing remained on site for the day along with 700 Dunlin.
Little Stint 1+
Ruff 1+
Wigeon 240
Shoveler 20
Barn Owl was viewed from here looking south around 0930, was hunting the seawall at the Bottom New Piece
Tack Piece
Bewick's Swan up to 40 fed here today
Black-tailed Godwit 70
Redshank 6
Teal 300
Wigeon 700
Marsh Harrier 1 seen on/off all day often distantly over fields to the N
Leucistic Greylag (coffee coloured) among the assembled flock
White-fronted Goose- 8 seen midday coming to drink
Rushy
Whooper Swan 1 roosted until 0820 before leaving for the road fields for the day, it returned to the Rushy to roost by dusk.
Bewick's Swan 84 birds on site today
Pochard 160
Tufted Duck 200
Pochard x Ferruginous hybrid male
Pintail x hybrid 1
Snipe 1
Redshank 3
South Lake
Avocet 2
Dunlin 7
Back-tailed Godwit 70
Redshank 8
Great Crested Grebe 1
Pochard/Gadwall/Teal/Tufted Duck and Mallard.
Zeiss Hide
Teal 800
Wigeon 600
Kingfisher Hide
Little Grebe 1
No sightings of Bittern today
Willow Hide
Water Rail, House Sparrow, finches and tits.
