Good fall of Waders
The wet weather has at least been good for dropping a good selection of waders onto the estuary.
Estuary
The following were seen from the Dumbles edge this morning over high tide at 07.30;
Little Stint 10
Curlew Sandpiper 7
Ringed Plover 420 (a very high count for here)
Dunlin 268
Knot 8
Common Sandpiper 8
Ruff 17
Sanderling 12
Little Egret 6
Best hope for seeing this lot will be to watch from mid point at the end of the summer walkway, better still come and visit over the w/e when very high tides should push this lot into the scrapes.
Rushy
Crane 1
Green Sandpiper 6
Black Tailed Godwit 1
Kingfisher 1
Knott Hide
Bullfinch 3
Blackcap 2
Whitethroat 2
Willow Warbler 1
Chiffchaff 2
Jay 1
Swifts 1
Holden Tower
Curlew 21
Yellow Wagtail 4
Willow Warbler 1
Linnet 12
South Lake
Lapwing 300
Black tailed Godwit around 130 birds in total moving between here and Zeiss hide.
Redshank 7
Greylag 380
Shoveler 45
Zeiss Hide
Ruff At least 24 here only 2 of which were adults.
Black Tailed Godwit 130 (see above)
Green Sandpiper 2
Common Sandpiper 3
Wood Sandpiper 1
Teal 210
Marsh Harrier great views of an immaculate juvenile.
