Sightings and news to week ending 12 October 2025
Rising tides this week will peak at over 10 metres at Sharpness, we hope to offer the waders additional roosting and feeding options around the scrapes, an attempt to attract them in from the Severn to coincide with the Wild Wader Celebration on Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 October. See https://www.wwt.org.uk/wetland... for more details.
Image- Ringed Plover and Dunlin (MJM).
*Please note that you may encounter seasonal work, various infrastructure and habitat projects are ongoing about the reserve from the end of September through to November, we may have machinery such as excavators or tractors working near to hides, birds will move to other quieter areas of the reserve*.
Monday 6 October
Tack Piece (*note that seasonal cutting will take place here this week, likely to begin on 7-9 October).
73 Wigeon with the Teal flock + a few Shoveler and a Black-tailed Godwit.
Martin Smith Hide (*note that seasonal cutting will take place here this week, likely to begin on 7-9 October).
Two Glossy Ibis feeding on the island that was cut last month.
South Lake
At least 13 Avocet, 47 Lapwing and a Spotted Redshank among the Black-tailed Godwits, four Cattle Egret in the afternoon plus an Egyptian Goose.
Top New Piece
Bittern reported, Spoonbill, 12 Ruff with 255 Lapwing and Teal flock, a few Wigeon, Pintail and Shoveler. Marsh Harrier hunting over.
Estuary Tower
Two Whooper Swans on Top New Piece. On the foreshore- 3 Spoonbill, at least 21 Grey Plover, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, flocks of Curlew, Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Avocet, Shelduck, GBB and other Gulls, Barnacle and Canada Geese + Pink-footed Goose.
Middle Point
Three Little Stint, a Curlew Sandpiper, flock of 200 Golden Plover, 12 Sanderling, 21 Grey Plover.
Rushy Hide
Five Spotted Redshank, 12 Redshank, 23 Lapwing, 18 Snipe, a Green Sandpiper, a Ruff and a range of duck sp. Little Egret following the Cormorants, a few Pied and a Grey Wagtail.
