Sightings and news for week ending 17 August

Image- Wood Sandpiper from Robbie Garnett Hide

Sunday 18 August

South Lake

A juvenile Shag was roosting on one of the wader scrape islands this afternoon. Also Cattle Egret on the deep lake islands and Common and 2 Green Sandpiper, 14 Redshank, 79 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Ruff (including a juvenile), 129 Teal + flocks of Tufted Duck, Gadwall and Greylags. Two Cranes.

Rushy Hide

Spoonbill early morning but moved to TNP, Spotted Redshank, 21 Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, 4+ Snipe, 107 Black-tailed Godwit, 14 Redshank, 9 Ruff (including a juvenile) + Tundra Bean Goose.

Pill Box Pool

25 Little Egret, 7 juvenile Black-tailed Godwit, Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 17 Teal early morning.

Top New Piece

Two juvenile Wood Sandpiper, at least 6 Garganey. 2 Spoonbill, 182 Teal, Green Sandpiper, Great Egret, Grey Heron, 20 Lapwing, 2 Little Grebe + flock of Gadwall.

Wild Safari

Willow Emerald Damselfly.

Friday 15 August

Morning Wild Safari

Brown Hawker, Ruddy darter, Southern Migrant Hawker, Emperor dragonflies, Common Gull, 8 Little Egret, 4 Cranes, Wheatear, Whinchat, 3, Buzzard, Hobby, Kestrel, 3 Cormorant, linnets and Goldfinches in wild feed strip.

Afternoon Wild Safari

Brown Hawker, Ruddy darter, Southern Migrant Hawker, Emperor dragonflies, 4 Cranes, 2 Marsh Harriers, 5 cormorants, 3 Grey Herons, 2 Roe Deer, linnets and Goldfinches in wild feed strip.

Estuary Tower

13 Common Crane (7 un-ringed), Pink-foot with 36 Canada, 6 House Martins, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard on kill

South Lake

1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, 5 Avocet, 1 Green Ruff, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 4m 1f Pochard, 1 Little Grebe, 3 Cormorant, mixed flock of Gadwall, Shoveler and Teal

Zeiss Hide

2 Spoonbill, 5 Little Egret, 197 Black-tailed Godwit, 11 Ruff, 13 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 58 Lapwing, Little Grebe, flocks of Gadwall, Greylag and Canada geese

Kingfisher Hide

12 Cranes flew north, 17 Gadwall, pair of Mute Swan, Cetti’s Warbler singing.

Decoy Hide

18 Gadwall, 6 Tufted Duck, 3 Shoveler

Mid Point

157 Dunlin & Ringed Plover (60+ of latter), 4 Yellow Wagtail, 42 Curlew, 110 Shelduck, 2 Great Egret, 24 Little Egret, 4 Heron, 2 Cormorant, 4 GBB & 100s of BHG. Reed Warbler & fem Sparrowhawk. Pink-footed Goose with Canadas.

Knott Hide

24 Little Egret + Great Egret

Stephen Kirk Hide

11 Little Egret Robbie Garnett: 4 Green Sandpiper, 10+ Linnet, 10 Teal, 3 Gadwall, 3 Lapwing, 35 little egrets

Rushy Hide

Adult Med Gull high over Ox piece heading NE. Also, 3 Ruff (including a Juvenile), 3 Snipe, Kingfisher.

Thursday 14 August

Zeiss Hide

1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Spoonbills, 1 Bittern, 1 Great Egret, 1 Heron, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Pink-footed Goose, 2 Cranes flew by

Shepherd’s hut

Whinchat

Car Park

1 Hobby, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Avocet, 8 Crane flew over, 1 Grey Heron, 8 Sand Martin, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Peregrine and Reed Warbler

Robbie Garnet Hide

8 Green Sandpipers, Common Sandpiper and a juvenile Little Ringed Plover

Rushy Hide

42 Lapwing, 4 Shoveler, 28 Gadwall, 18 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Ruff, 3 Redshank, 1 Snipe, 1 Garganey, 2 Linnet

Discovery Hide

1 Bean goose, 28 Avocet , 15 Ruff, 208 Black-tailed Godwit , 26 Redshank, 5 male, 2 female Pochard

Wednesday 13 August

Middle Point

6 Heron, 12 Little Egret, 34 Curlew, flock of Dunlin, 9 Ringed Plover, 1 Little Ringed Plover and a fox along the Summer Walkway

Robbie Garnett Hide

1 Juvenile Little Ringed Plover, 10 Green Sandpiper, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Avocet (2 Juvenile), 6 Lapwing, 5 Swallow flying low and Yellow wagtail with the cattle

Zeiss Hide

2 Spoonbill, 1 Great Egret, 1 Bittern (potentially 2), 1 Common Sandpiper, 5 Snipe, 3 Avocet, 1 Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler

South Lake

2 Spotted Redshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 19 Redshank, 18 Ruff, 167 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Snipe, 1 Kingfisher, 17 Avocet, 1 Bean Goose, 14 Pochard, 26 Tufted Duck, 1 Common Gull

Tuesday 12 August

Dumbles

Fifteen Cranes gathered on the foreshore this morning, a bit of 'dancing' noted, seven known territorial birds (including an un-ringed male/Ruby, Evie, Wendy/Albert and Oakie/Sherbert), eight un-ringed birds also present + Peregrine and Yellow Wagtails with the cattle.

Middle Point

Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit and 17 Avocet on the Severn to the North, adult Yellow-legged Gull among large gulls to South and 2 Stonechat and Whinchat in the Goose House wild headland, view from Shepherds Hut Hide on seawall.

Top New Piece

Two Spoonbill, c40 Black-tailed Godwit inc the regular ringed bird, Bittern seen on the fleet island then flew to S, c70 Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Grebe, Great Egret + Teal, Gadwall and Shoveler.

Rushy Hide

Snipe + 3 Sand Martins among the hirundines

South Lake

Two Spotted Redshank, 29 Redshank, 22 Avocet, 5 Green Sandpiper, a few Ruff, c100 Black-tailed Godwit, flocks of Teal, Gadwall and a few Shoveler, the Tundra Bean Goose with the Greylags, Yellow Wagtail, 9 Herring Gull, 2 Pochard.

Monday 11 August

Rushy Hide

Two Garganey on the lower pond.

Tack Piece

Wood Sandpiper with 18 Green Sandpipers.

Top New Piece

Adult and immature Spoonbills.

Middle Point

Adult Grey Plover, 3 Oystercatcher, 10 Avocet, 19 Ringed Plover, c70 Dunlin, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, Great Egret, 25+ Little Egret, 5 Redshank, 160 Curlew on the mudflats at low tide, many now mobile as the tide floods, they may well settle on the Dumbles over high tide. Also a Tree Pipit and 24 Yellow Wagtails reported over the point.

Summer Walkway hedge

At least 9 Yellow Wagtails commuting between the Dumbles and Tack Piece, unusually, a House Sparrow plus a few warblers including Willow.

WeBS Count for 10 August

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