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Today's sightings

The Holden Tower 11 Grey Herons 2500 Dunlin 5090 Lapwing 2800 Golden Plover 300 Curlew 1 Brent Goose 80 Shelduck 1 Sparrowhawk 2 Buzzard The Tack Piece 81 Shoveler 2800 Wigeon 75 Pintail 600 Teal 40 Redshank 3 Ruff The Long Ground Pool 1 Little grebe 39 G

6 February 2014

Today's sightings

Today's sightings

The Zeiss Hide Avocet 4 The Holden Tower Little Stint 2 Dunlin 2500 Golden Plover 3000 Lapwing 5000 The Tack Piece Wigeon 2800 The South Lake Oystercatcher 4 Great-crested Grebe 1

5 February 2014

Today's sightings

Today's sightings

Holden Tower The tide again flooded over the Dumbles but was lower than previous two days. Thousands of birds are viewable. Peregrine 2 Dark-bellied Brent Goose 1 Barnacle Goose 10+ Canada Goose 120+ Lapwing 4000+ Dunlin 800+ Golden Plover 3000+ Pintail,

3 February 2014

Today’s sightings-Festival of Birds-Day 2

Today’s sightings-Festival of Birds-Day 2

The Holden Tower GREENLAND WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 1 European White-fronted Goose 266 Dark-bellied Brent Goose 1 Barnacle Goose 140 Grey Plover 2 Oystercatcher 3 Curlew 520 Little Stint 1 Dunlin 1800 Golden Plover 2500 Lapwing 4000 Peregrine 1 Tack Piece Comm

2 February 2014

Late PM Update- Festival of Birds-Day 1

Late PM Update- Festival of Birds-Day 1

Tack Piece GREENLAND-WHITE FRONTED GOOSE 1 European White-fronted Goose 266 Peregrine 1 The Holden Tower Little Stint 2 Roe Deer- up to four seen today. The Zeiss Hide Avocet 4

1 February 2014

Today's sightings-Festival of Birds-Day 1

Today's sightings-Festival of Birds-Day 1

Holden Tower A very high tide flooded the Dumbles, this should produce some great birding as waders pick over the silt and duck utilise the floods. A dog appeared around the Holden Tower which caused disturbance for a while as it was chasing Roe Deer. 300

1 February 2014

All set for a great Festival of Birds over the weekend

All set for a great Festival of Birds over the weekend

Holden Tower and north end of the Reserve The White-fronted Geese were showing well this morning with 180 in front of the Holden Tower including the adult Greenland White-fronted. The 140 introduced Barnacle Goose flock also included the now resident inju

31 January 2014

Today's sightings

Today's sightings

The Tack Piece Common Crane 6 (GCP) Doing lots of courtship displaying Lapwing 5000 Golden Plover 2400 Black-tailed Godwit 90 Redshank 30 Wigeon 600 The Holden Tower White-fronted Goose 136 The Rushy Bewick's Swan 137

29 January 2014

Today's sightings

Today's sightings

Holden Tower Little Stint 1 (flying around and visiting scrape) Lapwing 5000 Golden Plover 1800 Dark-bellied Brent Goose 1 Peregrine 2 (male and female with a kill) Buzzard 1 Curlew 488 Tack Piece Crane 6 GCP Black-tailed Godwit 134 Wigeon 1200 Teal 350 R

28 January 2014

Today's sightings

Today's sightings

Holden Tower E. White-fronted Geese- c 100 at times with some in Tack Piece and rest in fields to N. Dark-bellied Brent Goose 1 Barnacle Goose 140 Little Stint 2 Dunlin 400 Lapwing 2000 Curlew 400 Tack Piece Black-tailed Godwit 80 Lapwing 1000 Golden Plov

27 January 2014

Today's sightings

Today's sightings

Holden Tower Slow start this morning but numbers of birds built up to thousands by midday. Golden Plover 3500 Lapwing 4000 Dunlin 600 DB Brent 1 Barnacle 160 Curlew 450 over high tide Tack Piece Little Stint 1 Ruff 6 Black-tailed Godwit 90 Bewick's Swan 1

26 January 2014

Today's sightings

Today's sightings

Above image taken today in the Tack Piece by James Lees WWT The Tack Piece Greenland White-fronted Goose 1 European White-fronted Goose 266 American Wigeon Hybrid 1 male Wigeon 800 Teal 600 Pintail 140 Bewick's Swan 80 Ruff 5 Black-tailed Godwit 60 Golde

25 January 2014

Today's sightings

Today's sightings

The Tack Piece Brent Goose 1 Greenland White-fronted Goose 1 (Flew one field north early am) White-fronted Goose 247 (Flew one field north early am) Pintail 80 Bewick's Swan 65 Lapwing 1800 Golden Plover 2200 Little Stint 2 Dunlin 80 The Holden Tower Pere

24 January 2014

Today's sightings-Greenland

Today's sightings-Greenland

The Holden Tower Little Stint 2 Dunlin 700 Curlew 479 Lapwing 2000 Golden Plover 1200 The Tack Piece GREENLAND WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 1 Adult female White-fronted Goose 247 Brent Goose 1 Little Stint 2 Golden Plover 1300 Lapwing 2800 Dunlin 250 Ruff 3 Redsh

23 January 2014

Today's sightings

Today's sightings

The Holden Tower Little Stint 4 Dunlin 800 Lapwing 4300 Golden Plover 1800 Curlew 320 Brent Goose 1 White-fronted Goose 146 Peregrine 1 Buzzard 2 The South Lake Oystercatcher 2 First returning breeders Kingfisher 1 Hybrid Ruddy Shelduck 1 The Tack Piece B

22 January 2014