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Upcoming Events
Dragonfly Festival - 18 July - 3 Sept
Guided Birdwatch Walk - Tuesday 4 August
Birding for Beginners - Wednesday 5 August
Severn Bore Safaris - Friday 14 and Saturday 15 August
4x4 Photo Safari - Wednesday 16 September
Summer Walkway
Fully open for the summer, from after 0815hrs to 1630hrs each day. Please allow time to return. Enjoy.
Sunday 2 August
Tack Piece
Juvenile Wood Sandpiper, 5 Green Sandpiper, juvenile Greenshank, 18 Teal, Ruff.
Estuary Tower
Yellow Wagtails and a Peregrine.
Middle Point
A juvenile Mediterranean Gull flew upriver on the incoming tide. A Common Sandpiper, c60 Curlew, Great and two Little Egrets to the NE. Eleven Cranes in the fields NE of the Shepherds Hut hide.
South Lake
Two Ruff, 2 Little-ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 157 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Lapwing, 22 Teal.
Top New Piece
The first juvenile Black-tailed Godwit of the year also a recently fledged Cattle Egret, 127 Dunlin, 2 Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher, Avocet, 92 Teal, 20 Gadwall, 35 Lapwing.
Saturday 1 August
Morning Safari
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, Cranes Wendy, Albert and 2 juveniles close, 3 Roe Deer, tins too hot so nothing under.
Decoy Hide
Female Mandarin along with a few Tufted Duck, Gadwall and Teal.
Kingfisher Hide
lots of activity in the reeds this morning as young Reed Warblers chase the adults for food, Reed Bunting and Whitethroat in the hawthorn opposite the hide.
Top New Piece
Cranes Ruby and her mate, 3 Little Egret, 1 Cattle Egret, 22 Lapwing, 1 Avocet, 150+ Dunlin, 51 Canada and 21 Greylag geese.
Rushy
Three Cattle Egret, including one juvenile, Little Egret, 1 Snipe, 1 L Grebe, 18 Lapwing, 3 Spotted Redshank, 8 Ruff, 2 Redshank, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank
South Lake
143 Black-tailed Godwits, 13 Lapwing, 6 Ruff, 1 Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Cormorant, Stock Dove, Black Swan
Tack Piece
1 Wood Sandpiper, 5 Redshank, 6 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 1 Linnet, 2 Avocet, 2 Reed Warbler, 3 Teal, 30+ mixed flock of House & Sand Martin feeding with Swallows. 1 Migrant Hawker.
Mid Point
Two Greenshank, 42 Curlew, 17 Dunlin, 15 Ringed Plover, 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, singles of Great Egret, Turnstone; 3 Stonechat on cross fence
Friday 31 July
South Lake
11 Ruff, 50 Black-tailed Godwit, single Little Ringed Plover and 2 lovely Common Gull amongst the Black Headed Gulls
Deep lake mostly moulting Gadwall and Shoveler
Top New Piece
57 Dunlin, 42 Lapwing, singles of Avocet and Green Sandpiper
2 Yellow wagtails on mud with 15 Pied Wagtails and a Reed Warbler song!
South Finger/Kingfisher Hide
Sedge Warbler, Blackcap, Whitethroat feeding above Kingfisher bank. Reed Bunts and Great Spotted Woodpecker
Summer walkway
Willow Warbler and Linnet singing, family of Goldfinches, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1Peregrine, Swallows feeding
Tack Piece
1 Wood Sandpiper, 6 Green Sandpiper, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Redshank, 2 Avocet, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Greenshank.
Rushy Hide
34 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Ruff, 2 Spotted Redshank, 1 Redshank, 15 Lapwing, 1 Little Egret, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Snipe.
Thursday 30 July
Summer Walkway and River
2 Kestrel, 2 Stonechat, Linnet & Goldfinch flocks, Grey Heron, 62 Curlew, 4 Oystercatcher, 12 Ringed Plover, Herring, Great Black-backed, Lesser Black-backed & Black-headed Gulls, 3 Common Sandpiper, 24 Dunlin, 1 Peregrine & 2 Sanderling
Tack Piece
2 Avocet, 1 Greenshank, 6 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Little Egret, 1 Teal, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Water Rails (1 adult 1 juvenile), 1 Muntjac Deer
Rushy
63 Gadwall, 1 Great Egret, 1 Snipe, 2 Oystercatcher, 20 Lapwing, 3 Teal, 3 Spotted Redshank, 120 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Ruff, 12 Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Common Tern and 1 Greenshank
South Lake
5 Lapwing, 3 Redshank, 9 Ruff, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Teal, 33 Tufted Duck, 12 Mallard, 14 Gadwall, 1 Pochard, 79 Black-headed gull, 6 Canada Geese, 21 Greylag Geese, 8 Cormorant, 8 Coot, 2 Small Tortoiseshell
Top New Piece
From Zeiss Hide 1 Little Grebe with a chick, 46 Gadwall, 4 Reed Warbler, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Shelduck, 62 Canada Geese, 43 Greylag Geese, 1 Bar-headed Goose, 1 Avocet, 33 Lapwing, 115 Dunlin, 1 Ruff, 12 Black-headed gull, 1 Herring Gull
South Finger Extension
From Kingfisher Hide 4 Gadwall, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Mute Swan, Moorhen and 4 Goldfinch
Bottom New Piece
14 Lapwing
Car Park
2 Juvenile Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff and a Juvenile Sparrowhawk
Wednesday 29 July
2+ Greenshank (photo from the Rushy), 1 Wood Sandpiper, 8+ Green Sandpiper, 4+ Redshank, 3 Little-ringed Plover, 1 Ruff & 8+ Black-tailed Godwit. Also 2 Water Rail (1 Juvenile), 4+ Yellow Wagtail & 1 Linnet
Dumbles
29 Curlew feeding
Top New Piece
From Zeiss Hide 1 Avocet, 1 Ruff, 200 Dunlin, 1 Sparrowhawk, many Reed Warbler, 19 Cranes and 4 Curlew
Tack Piece
8 Green Sandpiper, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Juvenile Little Ringed Plover, Water Rail and Lesser Whitethroat
South Lake
12 Ruff, 2 Redshank, 166 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Common Gull and 1 Green Sandpiper
Morning Safari
2 Roe Deer, 11 Cranes (including 2 young), Curlew, Little Egret and a small Grass Snake
Tuesday 28 July
Rushy
2 Common Tern, 3 Spotted Redshank, Greenshank, 72 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 3 Avocet, 5 Lapwing, Little Egret and Spoonbill
South Lake
3 Ruff, 5 Black-tailed Godwits, 5 Lapwing
Tack Piece
3 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Green Sandpipers, 4 Redshank, Greenshank, Wood Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail
Dumbles/ River
37 Curlew, 4 Cranes (unringed), 5 Common Sands, Great Egret (Spoonbill flew in from the Rushy)
Decoy
2 Mandarins
Top New Piece
3 Little Grebe (1 Juvenile), 1 Avocet, 10 Lapwing, 1 Ruff, 130 Dunlin, 3 Pied Wagtail Juveniles, Roe Deer
Bottom New Piece
37 Lapwing, Bar-headed Goose
Morning Safari
2 Roe Deer, 11 Cranes (including 2 young), Curlew, Little Egret and a small Grass Snake
Monday 27 July
Kingfisher Hide
4 Roe Deer (2 fawns), Canada Geese, 2 Mute Swan, Grey Heron, 4 Gadwall and a Peregrine
Top New Piece
80 Dunlin, female Mandarin, Sedge Warbler, House Martins up high, 33 Lapwing, Little Grebe, 4 Crane and a Bittern spotted flying into the reeds in front of Zeiss Hide and a Marsh Harrier
Rushy
A pair of Common Tern, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Spotted Redshank, 8 Ruff, 1 Redshank 85 Black-tailed Godwit
South Lake
91 Black-tailed Godwit , 2 Common Gull and large number of loafing Gadwall and Tufted Ducks.
Tack Piece
8 Greensand, 3 Little Ringed Plover, Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank and Common Sandpiper
Dumbles Scrape
A juvenile Little Ringed Plover
