Today's sightings
The Rushy Pen
Bewick’s Swan 170+ (most spending the day on Tack Piece or Ox Piece) Whooper Swan left roost at 0820am Pintail Pochard Tufted Duck Shelduck Mallard Gadwall Teal Lapwing
Holden Tower
Golden Plover 1000 Lapwing 2800 Dunlin 800 Barnacle Goose 203 Raven, Great Black-backed Gull 25
Tack Piece (Martin Smith, Robbie Garnett and Stephen Kirk Hides + Holden Tower)
Black-tailed Godwit 200 Little Stint 2 Dunlin Lapwing Golden Plover (mobile flock) Curlew Ruff 5+ Redshank 16 Shoveler Pochard Pintail Teal 350.
Willow Hide
Water Rail 1
Zeiss Hide (Top New Piece)
Teal 500 Wigeon 400 Pochard Tufted Duck Shoveler Black-tailed Godwit Ruff 7
Kingfisher Hide (Bottom New Piece)
Dunlin 700 (same as Dumbles/Holden Tower flock) Lapwing 400 (mobile flock) No reports of Bittern or Barn Owl.
South Lake
Great Crested Grebe 1 Teal 90 Cormorant 5 Shoveler 50, Great Black-backed Gull 1
Ferruginous Duck- female was again on the Asian pen this afternoon