Today's sightings- Phalarope returns
Zeiss Hide
Red-necked Phalarope-female feeding on flood at back of field (W boundary), it is very mobile and can be hidden being rushes for periods. Gets pushed around by Avocets.
Garganey-drake
Gadwall 114 (high count)
Teal 30 (influx)
Shoveler 9
Avocet 11
Lapwing 5 broods/pairs
Red-necked Phalarope- distant digi-scoped shot from Zeiss Hide. MJMcGill
South Lake
Black-tailed godwit 24
Oystercatcher 2 pairs and 4 chicks
Lapwing pair with chick
Gadwall 9
Kingfisher 1
Common Tern 2 pairs now nest scraping on rafts
Black-headed Gull- lots of chick leaving islands and along causeway.
Rushy
3 pairs of Avocet
2 broods of Shelduck
Green Sandpiper 1
Tack Piece
Green Sandpiper 1
Wigeon 1
Middle Point
Wigeon male (on spartina island)
Peregrine 1 (on sandbanks straight out)
Dunlin 7
Ringed Plover 11
