Latest sightings
More spring arrivals....
Holden Tower Little ringed Plover 2- first of the year Golden Plover 17 Lapwing c20 on territory, nest scraping and defending against crows. Buzzard 6 Peregrine 1 on the estuary Tundra Bean Goose 1 E White-fronted Goose 24 Chiffchaff 1 Dunlin 200 Zeiss Hi
21 March 2013
Today's sightings
Migrants Sand Martin 1 Chiffchaff 3 The Holden Tower Tundra Bean Goose 1 White-fronted Goose 24 Barnacle Goose 1 Golden Plover 100 Dunlin 180 Buzzard 5 Peregrine 1 The Rushy Bewick's Swan 7 Pintail 65 The Martin Smith Hide Snipe 2 Water Rail 1 Little Egre
20 March 2013
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower Tundra Bean Goose 1 White-fronted Goose 24 Wigeon 80 Peregrine 1 adult Buzzard 6 The Rushy Bewick's Swan 7 Pintail 60 The Long Ground Pool Great-crested Grebe 2 The Willow Hide Water Rail 1
19 March 2013
Today's sightings
Tack Piece Tundra Bean Goose 1 E. White-fronted Goose 24 Little Egret 1 Crane 4 (GCP) Rushy Bewick's Swan 7 (Rovers and six cygnets) Pintail 100 Zeiss Hide Black-tailed Godwit 50 Dunlin 120 Oystercatcher 2 American x Eurasian Wigeon hybrid male with 35 Wi
18 March 2013
Today's sightings
Holden Tower/Tack Piece E White-fronted Goose 30 Tundra Bean Goose 1 Barn Owl 1 hunting at midday Pintail 30 Wigeon 45 South Lake Black-tailed Godwit 74 Oystercatcher 2 Zeiss Hide Water Rail 2 Black-tailed Godwit 12 Rushy Bewick's Swan 14 Pintail 60 Pocha
17 March 2013
Today's sightings
Reed Bunting taken from the Willow Hide copyright JSLees White-fronted and Bean Goose on the Tack piece Copyright JSLees The Tack Piece Dunlin 781 Redshank 6 Ruff 1 Lapwing 17 Golden Plover 53 Black-tailed Godwit 76 Snipe 2 Oystercatcher 2 Pintail 30 Th
16 March 2013
Today's sightings
The Rushy Bewick's Swan 35 The Tack Piece Common Crane 4 (GCP) Pintail 45 Common Snipe 1 Common Buzzard 1 The Zeiss Hide Black-tailed Godwit 61 Teal 85 The Holden Tower Peregrine 1 Buzzard 4 Golden Plover 60 Dunlin 200
15 March 2013
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Coal Tit 1 -first of the year. Red-breasted Merganser- female on the estuary-first of the year Shelduck 56 Wigeon 340 Tack Piece E. White-fonted Geese 39 Tundra Bean Goose 1 Bewick's Swan 30 (at least 113 still remain) Pintail 110 Crane 4 GCP
14 March 2013
Today's sightings
Barn Owl at the Holden Tower this morning copyright JSLees Tundra Bean Goose on the Tack Piece Copyright JSLees The Zeiss Hide BITTERN 1 Showing very well again this afternoon The Holden Tower BARN OWL 1 Hunting in front of the hide at 9am Dunlin 300 Go
13 March 2013
Today's sightings
The Rushy Bewick's Swan 173 Pochard 120 Pintail 240 Tufted Duck 300 The Roadside Fields Common Crane 4 (GCP) The Tack Piece Tundra Bean Goose 1 White-fronted Goose 39 Greylag Goose 6 Pintail 65 The South Lake Black-tailed Godwit 14 Lapwing 280 Tufted Duck
12 March 2013
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Sand Martin- 1 in a snow flurry over Knott Hide. 1st of year. E. White-fronted Gese 75 Tundra Bean Goose 1 juv Peregrine pair Lapwing 300 American x Eurasian Wigeon male hybrid with 300 Wigeon Zeiss Hide Wigeon 12 Pochard 8 Shelduck 8 South L
11 March 2013
Today'sightings
Holden Tower E. White-fronted Goose 46 on the Dumbles at 0800, +72 reported flying in from North, 5 on road fields and 89 present on Dumbles at midday. Tundra Bean Goose 1 Lapwing 400 Golden Plover 400 Dunlin 400 Red Kite 1 N at 1335 Zeiss Hide Goshawk m
10 March 2013
Today's sightings
One of the male Lesser Redpolls this morning in the Asian Pen Copyright JSLees The Rushy Bewick's Swan 142 Pochard 40 Pintail 85 The Holden Tower GOSHAWK 1 imm male again huntimng wildfowl Black-tailed Godwit 57 Golden Plover 600 Dunlin 350 Lapwing 900 O
9 March 2013
Today's sightings-Mealy Redpoll
Female Mealy Redpoll (Common Redpoll) in the grounds Copyright JSLees The Grounds MEALY REDPOLL or COMMON REDPOLL 1 Female showing well feeding in Alders between the Asian and Tundra Pens, And sitting up in the nearby willow. It is feeding with the fi
8 March 2013
Today's sightings
Visibility is awful this morning with a heavy mist which makes observations rather difficult. Some images from earlier in the week when it was sunny! Crane-Martin Smith Hide-5th March, MJMcGill Tundra Bean Goose with E. White-fronted Geese-4 March. MJMc
7 March 2013