Today's sightings-Fall of migrants
Migrants-Around the ground
This morning's rain dropped in a lot of migrants around the grounds, We are sure there were far more about than our counts below. Most of these were seen around the Holden Tower and the South Finger.
Spotted Flycatcher 7
Whinchat 5
Wheatear 2
Yellow Wagtail 50
Grey Wagtail 3
Meadow Pipit 80
Swallow 800
Common Redstart 2
Sedge Warbler 1
Reed Warbler 7
Common Whitethroat 1
Lesser Whitethroat 12
Blackcap 150
Garden Warbler 8
Willow Warbler 2
Chiffchaff 300+
Spotted Flycatcher is bird of the day with 7 being a very high count for us. Image by James Lees WWT
Common Crane out on the reserve today. Image by James Lees WWT
The South Finger
COMMON CRANE 1 The 2nd year was feeding in fields on its own for most of the day viewed from the Van De Bovenkamp Hide.
The South Lake
Ruddy Shelduck 1 female
Black-tailed Godwit 90
Redshank 42
Lapwing 260
Teal 180
The Zeiss Hide
Spotted Redshank 1
Redshank 7
Black-tailed Godwit 20
Ruff 13
Pintail 10
Shoveler 70
Wigeon 160
Teal 580
The Holden Tower
Wheatear 1
Spotted Flycatcher 1
Yellow Wagtail 20
The Tack Piece
Whinchat 3
Teal 150
Wigeon 70
Pintail 8
The Rushy
Green Sandpiper 3
Yellow Wagtail 4
Teal 120
Pintail 3
Snipe 15
