Return of a warm and sunny September day
Severn Estuary
Three Little Stint, three Curlew Sandpiper, 14 Ringed Plover, 13 Curlew, 30 Great Black-backed Gull, 9 Grey Plover, 170 Dunlin, 1 Avocet, 68 Shelduck, 39 Wigeon, 5 Pintail, 4 Grey Heron and 9 Little Egret over high tide, the birds moved back out to the mudflats as the tide dropped.
Summer Walkway/Middle Point fences
Flock of Long-tailed and Blue Tits with a few Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Meadow Pipit, Reed Bunting, 5 Swallows, Stonechat and Robin and Wren.
Goose House Ground
Two Whinchat still in the yellow flowers and weedy headland on South side of field + 2 Little Egret in the channel and Kingfisher along the ditch
Knott Hide
Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, 2 Treecreeper, Chiffchaff and Blackcap. Tack Piece- a few Teal and Greylag on the wheat tailings that were spread yesterday.
South Lake
At least one Snipe, 139 Lapwing, 2 juvenile Spotted Redshank, 62 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Ruff, 9 Redshank, 1 Knot + Teal, Shoveler, Greylag + 130 Black-headed Gull on wader scrape.
Nine Cormorant, 3 Pochard and 29 Tufted Duck on deep lake
Top New Piece
105 Wigeon, c450 Teal, 10 Lapwing, juv Ruff, c25 Shoveler, Grey Heron, a Great White Egret flew over the grounds in this direction
Kingfisher Hide
Fifteen Cranes once again feeding on the ploughed Four Score field.
