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Today's sightings
The Holden Tower Chiffchaff 1 The South Finger Chiffchaff 1 Cetti's Warbler 1 Kingfisher 1 The South Lake Avocet 3 Kingfisher 2 Great-crested Grebe 2 The Tack Piece Little Egret 1 Common Crane 2 Wigeon 300 The Zeiss Hide Black-tailed Godwit 50 Teal 300 Th
11 March 2014
Today's Sightings
South Lake Mute Swan 2 Barnacle Goose 3 Black-Tailed Godwit 100 Teal 8 Shelduck 21 Tufted Duck 33 Zeiss Hide Shelduck 27 Wigeon 28 Teal 80 Barnacle Goose 2 Tufted Duck 2 Holden Tower Wigeon 44 Tufted Duck 16 Barnacle Goose 4 Shelduck 4 Oyster Catcher 3 La
10 March 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower/Tack Piece Merlin female perched on the washed up tree to NW Glaucous Gull flew down river past Tite's Point, Purton E. White-fronted Goose 25 on the Tack Piece Little Stint 3 on Tack Piece Dunlin 35 o Tack Piece Wigeon 150 Redshank 6 Crane
9 March 2014
Today's Sightings
Zeiss Hide Spoonbill 1 ad flew towards Rushy 09.30 Crane 1 Wigeon 120 Teal 220 Redshank 6 Cettis 1 Kingfisher 1 South Lake Mediterranean Gull 1 ad Black Headed Gull 300 Black Tailed Godwit 130 Cormorant 6. At least one good continental bird (Sinensis) in
8 March 2014
Todays Sightings
Holden Tower Dumbles look great especially on the high tide this morning. Crane 2 Peregrine 1 Golden Plover 370 Knott 1 Dinlinn 320 Little Stint 3 Lapwing 25 nest scarping. Spoonbill One adult very mobile using Top New Piece, Tack Piece and Rushy so kee
7 March 2014
Today's Sightings
Holden Tower Crane 4 Golden Plover 60 Dunlin 400 Lapwing 20 (displaying) Oystercatcher Bewicks 2 Little Stint 2 Tack Piece White Fronted Goose 25 Wigeon 90 Dunlin 90 Redshank 14 Snipe 3 (Martin Smith Hide) Zeiss Hide Spoonbill 1 Blacktailed Godwit 96 Teal
6 March 2014
Today's sightings
Spoonbill- one arrived on the Tack Piece this morning and subsequently toured the reserve. It was noted on the Top New Piece, the Dumbles and Rushy and may have also visited South Lake. Holden Tower Merlin 1 Grey Plover 1 Golden Plover 29 Little Stint 2 D
5 March 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Goosander male-floating off the Dumbles at high tide Goshawk flew low across Tack Piece/Dumbles/Top New Piece flushing all in its path Little Stint 2 Dunlin 500 Lapwing 40 Peregrine 2 Wigeon 200 Oystercatcher 9 Dark-bellied Brent Goose 1 Tack
4 March 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower/Tack Piece Another very high tide saw the Dumbles completely flood again. The silt will be very attractive to the Dunlin flock. Red Knot 1 Dunlin 450 Curlew 4 Wigeon 500 Bewick's Swan 7 Peregrine female in the Turkey Oaks Sparrowhawk female L
3 March 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower A very high tide today saw the Dumbles flood up onto the seawall. It covered the cattle trough for those that know this feature as a height measure. Large numbers of Common Gull fed on the flotsam and jetsam, the only gull of note was an adul
2 March 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Merlin- female for over an hour this morning Stonechat female on Middle Point fence Little Stint 2 around scrape and visiting the Tack Piece E. White-fronted Geese-220+ Dark-bellied Brent Goose 1 Tundra Bean Goose 1 Wigeon 200 Golden Plover 3
1 March 2014
Todays Sightings
Numbers of winter migrants dropping rapidly just now. Holden Tower White-fronted Goose 219 Bean Goose 1 Barnacle Goose 126 Brent Goose 1 Dunlin 40 Little Stint 2 Lapwing 30 Peregrine 1 08.30 Merlin 1 female 12.30 Tack Piece Bewicks Swan 9 Wigeon 400 Shove
27 February 2014
Today's sightings
The Tack Piece Bewick's Swan 7 ( The only ones left now) Golden Plover 70 Black-tailed Godwit 40 Dunlin 600 Redshank 30 Wigeon 400 Common Crane 1 The Holden Tower Tundra Bean Goose 1 Brent Goose 1 White-fronted Goose 193 Common Crane 2 Little Stint 2 The
26 February 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower E White-fronted Geese 210+ far S end of Dumbles near the cross fence. Tundra Bean Goose 1 Dark-bellied Brent Goose 1 Barnacle Goose 60 Greylag 2 Tack Piece Dunlin 600 Wigeon 600 Teal 200 Little Stint 1 Crane (GCP) 1 Curlew 30 Redshank 20 G
25 February 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Peregrine 1 Dark-bellied Brent Goose 1 Barnacle Goose 60 Lapwing 9 Little Stint 2 around the scrape E. White-fronted Geese ( c170 seen but regularly commuting to fields t the N) Tundra Bean Goose 1- seen on the Dumbles briefly, see above Cett
24 February 2014