Today's sightings
Rushy Hide
A nice selection of waders on offer here including Greenshank, 10 Green Sandpiper, 83 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 juvenile Little-ringed Plover, 5 Lapwing, 2 Oystercatcher and 2 Redshank. The Redshank were particularly busy, occasionally squabbling and pursuing each other around the islands on the top pond. A single Crane (Sedge) was also preening on the islands.
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South Lake Hides
Most of the waders were at the back of the scrape, best viewed from the Hogarth Hide. The group included 126 Black-tailed Godwit, 63 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper, 5 Ruff and 10 Redshank. The Crane family were also down this end of the scrape and a pair of Oystercatchers and 4 Avocet were amongst the moulting ducks on the causeway in front of the Discovery Hide.
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Zeiss Hide
Waders on the scrape included a Dunlin flock of 113 birds, 29 Avocet, 17 Redshank and 75 Lapwing.
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Kingfisher Hide
Five Cranes were in the Bottom New Piece picking through the freshly cut hay.
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Holden Walkway
A total of 8 Green Sandpipers were present - 5 from the Knott Hide or Holden Tower and 3 on the Tack Piece scrape viewed from the Robbie Garnett Hide or Stephen Kirk Hide. The bushes around the Stephen Kirk Hide are worth a check, lots of Chiffchaff were busy feeding here this morning and a couple of Bullfinch were also seen close to the hide. A flock of around 40 Goldfinch are also feeding on the thistles and other seeds nearby.
A Peregrine was sat out on the Dumbles from the Holden Tower. A single Curlew and Oystercatcher could be seen on the river, but more birds should be evident for this afternoon's high tide.
