Tuesday sightings
Starlings- mini-murmuration this evening
Yellow-browed Warbler update
The YBW was still present this morning, showing well and at times calling. It was very active and mobile and actively chasing or being chased by Chiffchaff and Goldcrest. It commuted between the Otter Enclosure trees to the shrubs and birches next to the Flamingo House. Unfortunately at mid-morning a number of gathered birders/photographers witnessed it flying into a window where it subsequently ended up under the boardwalk. A member of mammal HQ staff drained the pond down and searched the area where the bird was last seen but found nothing. We have had unconfirmed reports of it being seen later in the day, staff will search for it again tomorrow.
Rushy Hide
100+ Bewick's Swan
Martin Smith Hide
Jack and 5 Common Snipe
Tack Piece
Busier later in the day with 25 Ruff, 15 Black-tailed Godwit, 30 Snipe, 300 Dunlin and 6 Redshank
Holden Tower
Two Peregrine Falcons and a few Cranes feeding along with Canada Geese today.
Zeiss Hide
200 Golden Plover, 70 Dunlin, 4 Snipe, 28 Great Black-backed Gull over high tide.
South Lake
26 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin 5 Wigeon, 90 Teal, 7 Snipe on the wader scrape this morning.
