Today's sightings-the Tack Piece is fantastic!
Tack Piece
(Viewed from Holden Tower, Stephen Kirk/Robbie Garnett and Martin Smith hides)
Black-tailed Godwit 250+ with a single Bar-tailed Godwit, 2000 Curlew, 40 Redshank, 200 Dunlin, 10+ Ruff, 5 Greenland White-fronted Geese (early morning only), 112 E. White-fronted Geese, 80 Bewick's Swan, 2000 Teal, 1800 Wigeon, 800 Starling, 290 Pintail, 45 Shoveler, 1800 Lapwing, 600 Golden Plover, 80 Shelduck, 200 Greylag Goose, 80 Canada Goose, Tufted Duck, Pochard, Gadwall.
Holden Tower
Peregrine 1, Little Stint 2 with the Dunlin flock, Golden Plover and Lapwing in varying large numbers, 1 Grey Plover among the Golden Plover flock, 20 Bewick's Swan, 190 Barnacle Geese, 100 Canada and Greylag Geese, 60 Shoveler.
South Lake (Discovery Hide and Hogarth Hide)
Both Grey Plover and Bar-tailed Godwit were seen here today, 25 Snipe on Duck marsh from Hogarth Hide, 120 Teal, Great Crested Grebe, Pochard 80, Tufted Duck, Gadwall, Shelduck, Cormorant, Lesser black backed, Herring, Common and Black-headed Gulls.
Zeiss Hide
No sightings of Grey Phalarope but 5 Pintail, 329 Teal, 194 Wigeon, 6 Shoveler, 79 Mallard, 28 Shelduck, 75 Lapwing, 4 Snipe and 6 Pochard.
Rushy Pen
2 first winter Greater Scaup by the afternoon.
105 Bewick's Swan between here and Tack Piece at the early morning roost.
Kingfisher Hide
Teal 289, 17 Curlew, 1 Little Egret
