Sightings and news to week ending 15 February 2026
Monday 9 February
Rushy Hide/Peng Observatory
Two Whooper Swan and 91 Bewick's Swans, drake Tufted Duck x Red-crested Pochard hybrid, 67 drake and 19 duck Pochard, uncounted Lapwing, Mute Swan, Pintail, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Teal, Greylag, Coot and Moorhen.
South Lake
26 Cattle Egret called in before flying out to the fields over the canal, 95 Shoveler, 62 Avocet, 200 Lapwing, c200 Teal, 39 drake and 9 duck Pochard + Tufted Ducks, Cormorants, Black-headed Gulls and Gadwall.
Tack Piece
6000+ birds up and down during regular visits from raptors, Skylark, Starling, Golden Plover, Dunlin, Lapwing, Ruff, Redshank and Lapwing + Wigeon Teal, Pintail and Shoveler on the floods.
Estuary Tower
Two Dark-bellied Brent Geese again on the Dumbles/Dumbles saltmarsh, later with the Russian White-fronted Geese. 16 Tundra Bean and the Pink-footed Goose, 179 Russian White-fronted with 2 Barnacle Geese, 395 Pintail among 1500 Wigeon and Teal on the Severn.
Top New Piece
Spoonbill, Marsh Harrier, Two Shoveler, 5 Tufted Duck, 430 Teal, 60 Wigeon.
Grounds
40 Siskins feeding in the Alder trees on the loopway and 25 Greenfinch. Great spotted Woodpecker drumming in the Spinney Wood.
