Sightings and news to week ending 16 November
Monday 10 November
South Lake
Two Mediterranean Gulls, 23 Black-tailed Godwit (includes a colour ringed bird- Orange over Dark Green (R) above and white over orange darvic with Z (L), Little Grebe, 153 Lapwing, 108 Shoveler, 378 Teal and 10 Cattle Egret earlier today. The Temminck's Stint paid a visit as well.
Estuary Tower over high tide
Three Little Stints and 6 Sanderling among at least 924 Dunlin, the samml waders roosted in the grass but moved out to the foreshore saltmarsh as the tide dropped, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 53 Great Black-backed Gulls, 3 Ruff, 684 Lapwing, 3 Grey Heron, 28 Curlew, 51 Wigeon, 183 Barnacle, 134 Greylag, 479 Canada Geese plus the Ross's, Pink-footed, Snow x Bar-headed and two Barnacle x Canada Goose hybrids. Both Linnet and Skylark in the grassy areas with Snipe.
Tack Piece
Fourteen Russian White-fronted Geese arrived late morning from the canal/south eastern fields, 195 Greylag, 30 Skylark, 101 Canada Geese, 11 Shoveler, 14 Pintail, 38 Redshank, Spotted Redshank, 369 Lapwing, 12 Ruff, 321 Teal, 598 Wigeon, 1578 Golden Plover and a Merlin along the fence today.
Top New Piece
Bittern seen from the Zeiss Hide again, 2 Marsh Harriers on and off, 209 Teal, 2 Stonechat flycatching from reeds before the rain set set in.
South Finger
Singing Song Thrush, 5 Reed Bunting, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest, Redwing, Cetti's Warbler from the pathway or viewing areas.
WeBS Count totals for today
| Canada Goose | 587 | ||
| Barnacle Goose | 183 | ||
| Greylag Goose | 460 | ||
| Pink-footed Goose | 1 | long staying over summering bird | |
| White-fronted Goose (European - albifrons) | 14 | ||
| Shelduck | 188 | ||
| Shoveler | 164 | ||
| Gadwall | 51 | ||
| Wigeon | 606 | ||
| Mallard | 574 | ||
| Pintail | 36 | ||
| Teal | 1113 | ||
| Pochard | 48 | ||
| Tufted Duck | 363 | ||
| Little Grebe | 6 | ||
| Bittern | 1 | ||
| Grey Heron | 14 | ||
| Little Egret | 3 | ||
| Cormorant | 19 | ||
| Water Rail | 6 | ||
| Moorhen | 83 | ||
| Coot | 85 | ||
| Avocet | 214 | ||
| Lapwing | 1357 | ||
| Golden Plover | 1578 | ||
| Grey Plover | 1 | ||
| Curlew | 80 | ||
| Bar-tailed Godwit | 2 | ||
| Black-tailed Godwit | 27 | ||
| Ruff | 23 | ||
| Sanderling | 6 | ||
| Dunlin | 924 | ||
| Little Stint | 3 | ||
| Snipe | 9 | ||
| Redshank | 38 | ||
| Spotted Redshank | 2 | ||
| Kingfisher | 2 | ||
| Black-headed Gull | 278 | ||
| Mediterranean Gull | 2 | ||
| Common Gull | 17 | ||
| Great Black-backed Gull | 53 | ||
| Herring Gull | 18 | ||
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 11 | ||
| Ross's Goose | 1 | long staying over summering | |
| Hybrid goose | 5 | two Barnacle x Canada, Snow x Bar-headed, two Canada x domestic | |
| Black Swan | 1 | ||
| Great White Egret | 2 | ||
| Crane | 7 | ||
| Temminck's Stint | 1 |
