33,000 Pink-footed Geese
Pink-footed Geese have dropped back a little from last weeks record numbers, although at 33,000 it is still one of the largest counts recorded on the reserve.
~ 116 Pink-footed Geese...
More Whooper Swans arriving with 45 seen today. Other wildfowl counts included 1200+ Teal, 32 Shoveler and 150+ Wigeon. There has been some good wildfowl movements down the east coast in the past couple of days.
Visible migration (vismig) looked plentiful today with a tiny snap shot in time producing over 200 Skylark going south over the reserve this morning. Three Swallow also south today.
Raptors included 2+ Marsh Harrier, 7 Common Buzzard, Peregrine, 2 Kestrel and 2 Sparrowhawk.
We are just starting to see a small Starling roost forming in the reed bed opposite the Harrier Hide with around 1000 birds.
