Sightings and news to week ending 14 September
Image- juvenile Greenshank and insert Black Tern.
Sunday 14 September
Top New Piece
Glossy Ibis, Spoonbill, juvenile Curlew Sandpiper, 11 Ruff, 12 Redshank, c40 Black-tailed Godwit, 9 Wigeon and Pintail among the Teal, large flock of Greylag and Canada Geese
Rushy Hide
Two Garganey, 3 Ruff, 18 Redshank, 3 Spotted Redshank, Green Sandpiper, among the many birds present.
Middle Point
At least 5 Little Stint and 14 Curlew Sandpipers among the Dunlin and Ringed Plover on the Severn. Also single Bar-tailed Godwit, Whimbrel and Turnstone, 8 Knot, 8 Sanderling, 5 Spoonbill, Great and 12 Little Egrets. Four Golden Plover early morning.
Saturday 13 September
Top New Piece/ Zeis Hide
Juvenile Marsh Harrier, Great Egret, 19 Avocet, 6 Ruff, 1 Spoonbill
Dumbles
14 Yellow Wagtails, 9 Cranes; Oakie & Sherbert, Wendy & Albert, Ruby & her un-ringed mate
South Lake/ Discovery hide
26 Ruff, 167 Black-Tailed Godwits, 48 Lapwing, 1 Redshank, 18 Gadwall, 24 Shoveler, 29 Tufted, 7 Pochard, 2 Cormorant, 1 Little Grebe
Tack piece
55 wigeon, 2 cranes, 3 green sandpipers, Sparrowhawk, Common Sandpiper, Sanderling, Ringed Plover, Dunlin and Spotted Flycatcher, swallows and sand martins feeding low over the tack piece
Decoy
1 male and 1 female Mandarin duck
Middle point
12 Sanderling, Oystercatcher, Large flock of Dunlin and Ringed Plover
Friday 12 September
Zeiss Hide
In the morning 58 Gadwall, 191 Teal, 8 Shoveler, 1 Redshank, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 144 Greylag geese, 1 Canada goose, 67 Lapwing and in the afternoon Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Knot, 3 Spoonbill and a Marsh Harrier. Later in the day there were 5 Spoonbill, Great Egret, Cattle Egret, Goosander, 6 Wigeon, Juvenile Dunlin, Garganey and 4 Common Redshank
Decoy Hide
3 male and 1 female Mandarin, 13 Tufted Duck, 1 pair Shoveler
Tin Shed Ground
1 Roe Deer
Dumbles from Estuary Tower
Peregrine, c10 Swallow & 5+ Yellow Wagtails with distant cattle, Pink-foot with 49 Canada geese, 23 Barnacle geese and 5 Curlew
Robbie Garnett
Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 12 Wigeon, 80 Teal, 12 Gadwall, Heron, Whinchat and Wheatear
Rushy Hide
Knot, 13 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Snipe, 21 Redshank, 2 Ruff, 10 Sand Martin, 63 Lapwing, 20 Gadwall, 2 Garganey on top pond, also a Hobby flew over and 2 Glossy Ibis flew towards South lake
South Lake
20 Sand Martin, 151 Black-tailed Godwit, 22 Ruff, 2 Spotted Redshank, Bean Goose, Sedge Warbler, 3 Pochard on deep lake
Thursday 11 September
Middle Point
Mixed flock of Ringed Plover and Dunlin, 2 Little Stint, 3 Sanderling, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Peregrine, Curlew, Osprey headed south at 11:30
Dumbles
Yellow Wagtail with the cattle
Tack Piece
4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank
Rushy
1 Grey Wagtail, 28 Gadwall, 1 Green Sandpiper, 28 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Garganey, 31 Lapwing, 4 Snipe, 25 Redshank, 1 Avocet
Discovery Hide
7 Knot, 4 Spotted Redshank, 28 Ruff, 3 Green Sandpiper
Kingfisher Hide
2 Little Grebe
Zeiss Hide
5 Spoonbill, 9 Wigeon, 1 Garganey, 6 Black-tailed Godwit
Wednesday 10 September
Estuary Tower - Dumbles and the river
Black Tern seen feeding and resting on the river at 9am with two at 5pm, 2 Common Tern seen resting at 12pm, Oystercatcher, Great Egret, Ringed Plover, Curlew.
Rushy Hide
4 Knot, Greenshank, Ruff, 3 Spotted Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, Juvenile Avocet
Zeiss Hide
4 Spoonbill, 1 Cattle Egret, 1 Knot, 10 Curlew Sandpiper, 9 Redshank, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Wigeon, 1 Great Egret, 1 Ruff, 27 Dunlin, 37 Avocet, 21 Ringed Plover, Garganey
Discovery Hide
29 Ruff, 3 Green Sandpiper, 79 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Snipe, 1 Little Grebe
Tuesday 9 September
Top New Piece
Four Curlew Sandpiper, 10+ Ruff, 4 Spoonbills.
Middle Point
A Little Stint and 37 Avocet flew past at high tide with the Ringed Plovers.
South Finger Path/gate
Three Spotted Flycatcher on the perimeter fence.
Monday 8 September
Middle Point/Estuary Tower
100s small waders have been chased about by a juvenile Peregrine on the flood tide. 2 juvenile Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, 10 Sanderling among the Ringed Plover and Dunlin + 3 Bar-tailed Godwit (two breeding plumage males) with Curlew.
Tack Piece
Three Greenshank, 5 Green Sandpiper, 100+ Teal.
Estuary Tower
At high tide, 400+ small waders on the saltmarsh, 212+ Curlew, Golden Plover heard, 15+ Yellow Wagtails following the cattle on the Dumbles, 2 Wheatear in the dry scrape, Whinchat on Middle Point fenc
Rushy Hide
At least two Garganey, 5 Red Knot, 6 Spotted Redshank, 10 Ruff and a few Snipe among the roosting Lapwings, Redshanks and Black-tailed Godwits.
A good fall of Spotted Flycatchers!
Hogarth Hide
Three Spotted Flycatcher along the rhine, viewed from the bridge this afternoon.
South Finger pathway by dragonfly pond
Two Spotted Flycatchers. Knott Hide- Spotted Flycatcher.
Top New Piece
Distant views of Wood Sandpiper mid morning. At least 51 Avocet over the high tide. Two juvenile Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Spoonbill, 12 Wigeon, 15 Ruff, 11 Avocet, 100s Teal, 100s of Greylag/Canada Geese.
