Today's sightings- further bird departures
Holden Tower
Barnacle Geese 150
Crane 3 GCP
Lapwing 40
Little Stint 1
Dunlin 800 in total but scattered and very mobile over high tide
Golden Plover 800 but very mobile
Avocet 6 on the scrape
Wigeon 280 on the scrape and 200 on the estuary.
Goshawk- imm male on a Woodpigeon kill, flew off to the Decoy Wood.
Short-eared Owl- seen distantly hunting seawall this morning.
Tack Piece
Bewick's Swan 51
(30 more left overnight, they have been sleeping all day, how many left tomorrow?).
Wigeon 150
Teal 60
Pochard 40 day roosting.
European White-fronted Geese 126
Greenland White-fronted Geese 5
Rushy Pen
2 Greater Scaup (also seen on the Long Ground Pool from Holden Tower today)
Pintail 90
Pochard 120 at the feeds
South Lake
Oystercatcher 4
Teal 70
Shoveler 30
Pochard 80 day roosting
Zeiss Hide
Avocet 16
Lapwing 60
Golden Plover 600
Dunlin 340 including a yellow dyed individual.
Grounds
Siskins seen in the various Alder trees on site
