Today's sightings
Great Crane Project
Cranes are very much in evidence today, the lighter winds making life a little easier. Lots of interactions about the site with at least 11 individuals seen from the hides today. They are very mobile, Cranes have been seen in the Rushy, Dmbles, Tack Piece, South Lake and many fields around the centre.
Rushy Pen
78 Bewick's Swans at the roost today, 200+ Tufted Duck and 100+ Pochard as well as 100's of dabbling duck including Shelduck, Mallard, Pintail and Teal.
Holden Tower
Peregrine on the foreshore. Large numbers of Golden Plover (1500), Lapwing (1500), Dunlin (900) with at least one Little Stint among the latter. 200 Wigeon and 40 Pintail were out on the estuary.
Tack Piece
Canada, Greylag and Barnacle Geese on the field with 2 European White-fronted Geese. 62 of the latter were in the Ox Piece with Greylags, this is the next field NE of the Tack Piece. The geese can be hidden behind the hedges. A decent sized flock of Teal and Wigeon are using the scrape and field.
South Lake
Great Crested Grebe, 200 Teal, 8 Redshank and 5 Curlew are among the 250 Lapwing on the wader scrape. Much busier here with less forceful gales.
Zeiss Hide
700 Teal and 450 Wigeon are also joined by 110 Black-tailed Godwit.
Kingfisher Hide
In the Bottom New Piece a flock of 40 Curlew are often joined by godwits, it is favoured by the Canada and Greylag Geese so may at any time of day pull in any White-fronted Geese that are seeking grazing.
