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Todays Sightings
South Lake Water levels up here after recent low levels. Lapwings are dropping in to wash and drink, just 250 there this morning but likely to be much larger noisy groups through the day. There were 25 Shoveler on the Lake and the usual Great Crested Greb
20 December 2013
Today's sightings
The Zeiss Hide Avocet 3 Black-tailed Godwit 140 Ruff 2 Teal 1500 Wigeon 700 Grey Heron 1 Cetti's Warbler 1 The Holden Tower Golden Plover 1200 Lapwing 3600 Dunlin 700 Redshank 10 Brent Goose 1 Barnacle Goose 140 White-fronted Goose 148 Peregrine 1 The Tac
19 December 2013
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower Golden Plover 1900 Lapwing 2500 Dunlin 600 Curlew 190 Wigeon 600 White-fronted Goose 153 Barnacle Goose 160 Peregrine 1 The Tack Piece Common Crane 1 (GCP) Wigeon 300 Pintail 40 Shoveler 25 Bewick's Swan 30 The Martin Smith Hide Common Sn
18 December 2013
Today's sightings
The Tack Piece Peregrine 1 female killed a male Pochard The Holden Tower White-fronted Goose 153 Golden Plover 1700 Lapwing 4000 Black-tailed Godwit 40 Ruff 3 Redshank 10 Dunlin 200 The Zeiss Hide Black-tailed Godwit 185
17 December 2013
Today's Sightings
Rushy Hide Pintail 60S Shelduck 81 Mute Swan 3 Greylag 50 Pochard 64 Canada Goose 156 Tufted Duck 120 Lapwing 17 Holden Tower Wigeon 149 Teal 88 Canada Goose 39 Shelduck 26 Barnacle Goose 140 Lapwing 300+ Black- Tailed Godwit 2 Zeiss Hide Wigeon 1000+ Tea
16 December 2013
Today's sightings
Tack Piece and Top New Piece full of birds today, large increases in waders numbers and the WeBS count revealed 18, 546 wildfowl and waders on site today. 10,817 were waders with the highlight an excellent count of 4387 Golden Plover. Holden Tower/Rushy G
15 December 2013
Today's sightings
The Tack Piece/Holden Tower Golden Plover 1600 Lapwing 3200 Curlew 80 Redshank 10 Dunlin 500 Black-tailed Godwit 5 Snipe 6 Common Crane 4 (GCP) Wigeon 1000 Teal 280 White-fronted Goose 142 Barnacle Goose 160 Bewick's Swan 40 Peregrine 1 Buzzard 2 The Zeis
14 December 2013
Todays Sightings
The wader flocks are spectacular just now There are around 3000 Lapwing and at least 1300 Golden Plover with around 1000 Dunlin among them. Martin Smith Hide Snipe 2 Water Rail 1 Buzzard 1 Robbie Garnet Hide Bewick`s Swan 45 White-fronted Goose 142 Greyla
13 December 2013
Todays sightings
Martin Smith Hide Crane 1 Buzzard 1 Black Tailed Godwit 1 Wigeon 800 Water Rail 1 Robbie Garnett Hide Lapwing 1100 Golden Plover 1100 Redshank 4 Wigeon 900 Holden Tower White-fronted Geese 142 Peregrine 1 Buzzard 3 Meadow Pipit 14 Curlew 68 Golden plover
12 December 2013
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Quiet start to the day here but was really busy over the midday high tide. Peregrine -female Golden Plover 860 Lapwing 1600 Ruff 5 E. White-fronted Goose- 142 (using the Dumbles and Tack Piece to graze). Dark-bellied Brent 1 Barnacle Goose 15
8 December 2013
Today's sightings
Glossy Ibis 1 juvenile GLOSSY IBIS was seen yesterday when it landed on the Rushy during the 4pm feed. The Zeiss Hide BITTERN 1 Showed well at times Bar-tailed Godwit 1 Juvenile Black-tailed Godwit 11 Little Stint 1 Dunlin 942 Golden Plover 87 Lapwing 1
7 December 2013
Today's sightings
The South Finger Bittern 1 The Holden Tower Bar-tailed Godwit 1 Curlew 2 Avocet 6- Then landed on the TNP Dunlin 300 Lapwing 900 Brent Goose 1 Barnacle Goose 160 Peregrine 1 Buzzard 1 Skylark 18 The Tack Piece White-fronted Goose 133 Greylag Goose 220 Com
6 December 2013
Today's sightings
Holden Tower E. White-fronted Goose 138 (126 and 12 flew over) Great-black backed Gull 42 Peregrine 1 Lapwing 450 Golden Plover 20 Wigeon 120 Zeiss Hide Wigeon 1200 Teal 464 Water Rail in cut area Cetti's Warbler 1 Ferruginous x Pochard male Bewick's Swan
3 December 2013
Todays Sightings
Zeiss Hide Wigeon 1010 Teal 660 Ferruginous Hybrid 1 male Lapwing 1400 Dunlin 400 Ruff 1 Black Tailed Godwit 1 Snipe 1 Water Rail calling in front of hide Cettis Warbler 1 Kingfisher Hide Bird feeding station very active. All the common garden species inc
2 December 2013
Todays Sightings
Rushy At least 110 Bewick`s Swans overnight. Over 140 Pintail and 220 Pochard. Two Redshank a Snipe and around 100 Teal were to the back of the pond. Tack Piece (Robbie Garnett and Martin Smith Hides). Great to see the Whitefronted Goose flock showing wel
1 December 2013