Recent Sightings 11th-14th January

British Steel Hide

A Merlin has been sighted out on the marsh from the Steel Hide recently. There has a diverse selection of waders present including: Avocet, Spotted Redshank, Greenshank, Redshank, Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, Knot, Dunlin, Curlew and Grey Plover. The Spoonbills are also still present but normally only seen at high tide. On Dafen Scrapes two Spotted Redshank were seen as well has the one on the Saline Lagoon. There are plenty of Tufted Ducks and Wigeon along side feeding groups of Black-tailed Godwits.

Millennium Wetland

The two Otters showed brilliantly from the second screen along centre path. A Woodcock was seen along the Northern Loop were there was also a few Siskin, Goldcrest and Redwing. On the Deep Water Lake there are plenty of Wildfowl including: Pochard, Mallard, Gadwall, Wigeon, Teal and Shoveler.

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