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Today's sightings
Holden Tower/Tack Piece Robbie Garnett Hide, Martin Smith Hide and Stephen Kirk Hide Peregrine 1 hunting between the Dumbles and Tack Piece Little Stint 1 feeding around the scrape Dunlin 2000+ Lapwing 4500 Golden Plover 3500 Black-tailed Godwit 228 E Wh
5 January 2014
Todays sightings
Great birding here again, if only the sun would come out to make it even better. High tides have again flooded the Dumbles drawing thousands of birds in to feed. Wader Flocks The waders are constantly on the move, usually between the Tack Piece, Holden an
4 January 2014
High Tide and Birds
The tide completely covered the Dumbles this morning and came about a foot up the sea wall, the highest flood since this section of the sea wall was raised in 1990. This has left the Dumbles in a really good condition for the growing flocks of waders and
3 January 2014
Today's sightings
The duck and wader numbers are pretty much the same as last few days, see previous posts for details. In addition to this a large count of Curlew was made on the Dumbles edge at 0830- 547 were present on the top of the tide. All the waders and wildfowl we
2 January 2014
Today's sightings
About 60 species recorded on site by midday. Holden Tower/Tack Piece Dark-bellied Brent Goose 1 Barnacle Goose 160 Canada Goose 220 Greylag Goose 2 Lapwing 5000+ Dunlin 1000+ Golden Plover 1800 Black-tailed Godwit 200 (they favour the Tack Piece) Curlew 1
1 January 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Dark-bellied Brent Goose 1 Peregrine 1 Canada Goose 230 Lapwing 5700 Golden Plover 2750 Dunlin 1000+ Little Stint 1 Bewick's Swan 70 fed in the pools all day White-fronted Geese 160+ in the 50 Acre Crane 5 GCP birds at dusk The male Green w
31 December 2013
Today's sightings-Green winged Teal and amazing birding
Green winged Teal male was on the Tack Piece and Top New Piece today. Viewable from Holden Tower and Robbie Garnett, Stephen Kirk Hides until moving to Zeiss Hide where it roosted for a while eventually flying over the hedge into the Bottom New Piece. Ima
30 December 2013
Today's sightings
Plenty of ice about in shallow, sheltered spots until the sun melted it off. The Rushy was full of birds at 0830. Waders increased with the thaw and were back up to very impressive numbers by late morning. Holden Tower Dark-bellied Brent Goose 1 among the
29 December 2013
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower Brent Goose 1 Barnacle Goose 160 Little Stint 1 Dunlin 2000 Lapwing 3500 Peregrine 1 Buzzard 5 Chiffchaff 1 The Tack Piece Golden Plover 2200 Lapwing 1700 Dunlin 300 Black-tailed Godwit 150 Curlew 90 Redshank 35 Ruff 4 Wigeon 1500 Teal 18
28 December 2013
Today's sightings
The Tack Piece Brent Goose 1 Barnacle Goose 160 White-fronted Goose 153 Little Stint 1 Dunlin 200 Black-tailed Godwit 130 Redshank 28 Ruff 5 Snipe 4 Golden Plover 2254 Lapwing 3500 Wigeon 2400 Teal 3000 Pintail 180 Gadwall 20 Shoveler 30 Holden Tower GLOS
27 December 2013
Today's sightings
The Tack Piece Golden Plover 2600 Lapwing 6000 (on site) Black-tailed Godwit 80 Redshank 18 Ruff 2 Dunlin 300 White-fronted Goose 143 Wigeon 2600 Teal 1400 Pintail 130 Shoveler 40 The Holden Tower Little Stint 1 Lapwing 6000 Dunlin 2500 Curlew 320 Wigeon
26 December 2013
Today's sightings
The South Lake GLOSSY IBIS 1 Flew out of the lake and flew north this morning. Med Gull 1 Adult Great-crested Grebe 1 The Zeiss Hide Avocet 2 Juveniles Black-tailed Godwit 180 Wigeon 1800 Teal 900 Water Rail 1 The Holden Tower Lapwing 4500 Golden Plover 3
24 December 2013
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower Lapwing 4500 Golden Plover 2900 Dunlin 2200 Curlew 250 Redshank 15 Brent Goose 1 Wigeon 700 Peregrine 1 The Tack Piece White-fronted Goose 145 Wigeon 1100 Pintail 130 Teal 800 Black-tailed Godwit 40 Redshank 8 Curlew 40 The Zeiss Hide Wig
23 December 2013
Todays Sightings
Holden Tower and Robbie Garnett Hide The waders from here are just spectacular again. Over 10,00 yesterday morning and building to that number again today as Lapwing and Golden Plover arrive through the morning. Lapwing 3000 Golden Plover 1500 Dunlin 2200
22 December 2013
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower Lapwing 5500 Golden Plover 3000 Dunlin 1000 Curlew 180 Barnacle Goose 160 White-fronted Goose 145 Brent Goose 1 Peregrine 2 The Tack Piece Pintail 135 Wigeon 800 Teal 1000 Curlew 70 The Zeiss Hide Ruff 7 Black-tailed Godwit 203 Teal 1200
21 December 2013