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Todays Sightings
Rushy Well sheltered from the strong wind in here. Ruff 11 Green Sandpiper 5 Common Sandpiper 1 Teal 30 Pintail 3 Grey Wagtail 1 Robbie Garnett Little Egret 1 Teal 36 Black Tailed Godwit 1 Crane 2 Holden Tower Teal 87 Wigean 1 Whinchat 2 Willow Warbler 1
29 August 2014
An influx of winter Ducks
Some good Duck increases after the easterly winds over the last few days and plenty of Warblers in the hedges this morning. Rushy Green Sandpiper 3 Ruff 1 Little Ringed Plover 1 Teal 36 Wigeon 1 Robbie Garnett Greenshank 1 Black Tailed Godwit 1 Green Sand
28 August 2014
Todays Sightings
Rushy Green Sandpiper 4 Little Egret 1 Buzzard 1 Holden Tower Turnstone 3 Yellow wagtail 2 Green sandpiper 1 Curlew 15 Dunlin 50 Ringed plover 15 Yellow legged gull 1 Raven 1 Canada goose 170 Barnacle goose 95 South Lake Lapwing 400 Redshank 53 Black tail
27 August 2014
Today's sightings
A quick hide round in drizzly conditions. The low cloud and easterlies may well create fall conditions for migrants. Holden Tower Whimbrel 1 flying around over edge of Dumbles Yellow Wagtail 2 flew to Tack Piece Grey Wagtail 1 over Redshank 1 on the scrap
26 August 2014
Todays Sightings
Rushy Teal 19 Green Sandpiper 2 Black Tailed Godwit 2 Little Ringed Plover 1 Robbie Garnett Hide ( Willow and Knott Hides) Teal 63 Little Grebe 2 Green Sandpiper 3 Black Tailed Godwit 1 Greenshank 1 Common Whitethroat 3 Chiffchaff 2 Little Egret 2 Holden
25 August 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Redstart male with Robin along Tack Piece fence Oystercatcher 1 non-breeding plumaged bird, migrant Whimbrel 1 Dumbles edge Curlew 40 estuary Dunlin 3 Yellow-legged Gull 2 adults on estuary GBB Gull 18 South Lake Black-tailed Godwit 127 (6 ju
24 August 2014
Today's sightings
South Lake Green Sandpiper 3 Redshank 27 Spotted Redshank adult Ruff 5 (4 adults) Lapwing 230 Avocet 4 Teal 45 Top New Piece/Zeiss Hide Red Knot 1 juv Greenshank 1 juv Redshank 1 juv Ruff 6 juvs Black-tailed Godwit 11 Crane (GCP) 'Chris' Teal 365 Garganey
23 August 2014
Today's sightings
South Lake On the wader scrape Ruff 7 (4 adults) Black-tailed Godwit 124 Green Sandpiper 2 Redshank 26 Lapwing 380 Teal 51 On the deep lake Tufted Duck, Gadwall, Shoveler, Cormorant and Greylag Geese Rushy The lower western lake is busier Little-ringed Pl
22 August 2014
Today's sightings
Afternoon Safari Black Hawk and 9 Red Arrows South! Water Shrew 2 Kestrel 3 Buzzard 2 Black-tailed Godwit 20 Curlew 50 Common Crane 5 The Zeiss Hide Knot 1 juvenile Snipe 10 Ruff 6 Lapwing 180 Avocet 2 Gadwall 80 Teal 200 The South Lake Ruff 4 Snipe 6 Red
20 August 2014
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece Crane 1 (GCP-'Chris') Garganey 1+ Teal 350 Ruff 5 Dunlin 1 Snipe 3 Avocet 3 South Lake Black-tailed Godwit 140 Redshank 26 Green Sandpiper 1 Rushy Avocet 4 Green Sandpiper 8 Little ringed Plover 1 Greenshank 1
18 August 2014
Today's sightings
Rushy Glossy Ibis flew low over toward Tack Piece at 1220 Greenshank 1 juvenile Green Sandpiper 11 Lapwing 4 Teal 23 Oystercatcher 3 (last of breeding birds left on site) Greenshank, image by Martin Holden Tower Yellow Wagtail 6+ among the cattle Redstar
17 August 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Redstart-adult male and juvenile along fence Chiffchaff 2 Common Whitethroat 5 juveniles Kestrel 2 Estuary Yellow-legged Gull 1 adult Dunlin 12 Ringed Plover 14 Tack Piece Green Sandpiper 7 Common Whitethroat 1-Martin Smith Hide Sedge Warbler
16 August 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Marsh Harrier- moulting female hunting all fields around Middle Point Peregrine 1 juvenile Kestrel 2 Sparrowhawk 1 Yellow Wagtail 30 Linnet 8 Meadow Pipit 6 inc leucistic bird Estuary Dunlin 44 Ringed Plover 14 South Lake Black-tailed Godwit
15 August 2014
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower Yellow Wagtail 25 Pied Wagtail 40 Redstart 1 Yellow-legged Gull 1 Teal 230 The Tack Piece Sand Martin 300 Green Sandpiper 7 The Zeiss Hide Greenshank 1 Avocet 6 Snipe 3 The South Lake Black-tailed Godwit 120 Redshank 35 Ruff 1 Shoveler 40
14 August 2014
Todays Sightings
Holden Tower Curlew 7 Whimbrel 1 Yellow wagtail 12 Blue Headed Wagtail 2 Linnet 40 Meadow pipit 12 Greater black backed gull 18 Dunlin 26 Ringed Plover 6 Whitethroat 1 Kestrel 1 South Lake Black tailed godwit 112 Redshank 35 Ruff 2 Teal 38 Shoveller 8 C
12 August 2014