Sightings and news to week ending 19 April 2026

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Monday 13 April

Rushy

A Common sandpiper feeding along the far shoreline.

Tack Piece

One Spoonbill continues to sleep on edge of scrape.

Dumbles

3 unringed Crane, 4 Curlew on the grass edge, Dark-bellied Brent Goose, passage of Sand Martin, 10 Avocet on islands from Tower, 6 Lapwing. Three Blackcap in the Hedgerow below the Estuary Tower.

South Lake

84 Avocet beginning to nest, 98 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Oystercatcher, 4 Tufted Duck.

Hogarth Hide

A Whitethroat continues to sing from brambles to right of hide.

Zeiss Hide

18 Teal, 4 Shelduck, 6 Shoveler, 4 pair of Tufted Duck, Sedge Warbler and 1 Spotted Redshank.

South Finger Walkway

Cetti’s, Reed, Sedge, Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler all heard.

Kingfisher Hide

Eleven Roe Deer, pair of Tufted Duck, Reed Warbler and Reed Bunting, whilst in the Spinney there was a drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker.

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