Today's sightings
WeBS count
The monthly count revealed 11,300 wetland birds present. Including 2460 Lapwing (see below) Image-MJMcGill
Holden Tower
0900 ish. Immature (appears to be a juvenile/1st winter) Glaucous Gull- flew in from south and landed with Great-blacked Gulls on the water at high tide before flying around and drifting upriver.
E White-fronted Goose 191
Tundra Bean Goose 3
Peregrine 3- all adults (resident pair and additional female). Some aggressive interaction between local birds and new visitor.
Golden Plover 300- includes one attaining breeding plumage.
Lapwing 400
Bewick's Swan 45 (birds moving from TP later in the morning)
Tack Piece
Lapwing 600
Golden Plover from above
Dunlin 400
Wigeon 600
Redshank 31
Teal 800
Pochard 65
Bewick's Swan 150
Pintail 140
Rushy
Bewick's Swan 120
Pintail 100
Martin Smith Hide
Snipe 3
Red-crested Pochard x Puna Teal? hybrid (been around for over a year)
Zeiss Hide
Bittern seen again today
Teal 400
Lapwing 350
Wigeon 240
South Lake
Oystercatcher 4
Black-tailed Godwit 40
Pochard 120
Tufted Duck 90
Lapwing 700
