Sightings and news to week ending 20 July
Image- Spotted Redshank from Discovery Hide- (M.J.McGill)
Monday 14 July
Middle Point
Male White-spotted Bluethroat reported. In the high tide roost off the Dumbles- 9 Common Sandpiper, Bar-tailed Godwit, 61 Curlew, 9 Oystercatcher, 3 GBB and 8 Common Gulls.
South Lake
Greenshank, 2 Spotted Redshank, 32 Redshank, 7 Ruff, 25 Avocet, 98 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Little-ringed Plover, 4 Little Grebe, 141 Gadwall.
Top New Piece
Bittern showing in the same place as yesterday, adult Spoonbill, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Little-ringed Plover, 2 male Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, Avocet.
Kingfisher Hide
14 Cranes in the Four Score Ground wheat stubble but dispersing to other areas.
Rushy Hide
Adult Mediterranean Gull, 181 Black-headed Gull, 9 Green Sandpiper early morning.
Tack Piece
Eight Green Sandpiper.
Long Ground Pool
Nine Green Sandpiper.
South Finger
Tawny Owl along the pathway hedge.
WeBS Count
The cattle were a pain today, two herds had gathered in the usual high tide roosts which meant some species were in long grass and hidden over the tide.
| Canada Goose | 17 | plus broods of one and 3 not included in total | |
| Barnacle Goose | 10 | ||
| Greylag Goose | 196 | low count, wheat stubble likely to be attracting them to the fields | |
| Mute Swan | 77 | broods of 4, 3 and 3 | |
| Shelduck | 128 | broods of 7, 18, 3, 3 and 8 seen but many hidden in long grass over high tide | |
| Shoveler | 32 | ||
| Gadwall | 172 | ||
| Mallard | 665 | ||
| Teal | 111 | ||
| Pochard | 7 | ||
| Tufted Duck | 25 | plus broods of 7, 2, total of 13 in Rushy and 1 | |
| Little Grebe | 15 | ||
| Great Crested Grebe | 1 | ||
| Bittern | 1 | ||
| Grey Heron | 10 | ||
| Little Egret | 8 | ||
| Cormorant | 12 | ||
| Moorhen | 46 | ||
| Coot | 165 | ||
| Oystercatcher | 17 | ||
| Avocet | 200 | ||
| Lapwing | 121 | ||
| Little Ringed Plover | 5 | ||
| Curlew | 160 | ||
| Bar-tailed Godwit | 1 | ||
| Black-tailed Godwit | 104 | ||
| Ruff | 9 | ||
| Dunlin | 35 | ||
| Snipe | 2 | ||
| Green Sandpiper | 28 | ||
| Redshank | 35 | ||
| Spotted Redshank | 2 | ||
| Greenshank | 1 | ||
| Kingfisher | 6 | ||
| Black-headed Gull | 849 | ||
| Common Gull | 10 | ||
| Great Black-backed Gull | 5 | ||
| Herring Gull | 58 | ||
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 37 | ||
| Black Swan | 1 | ||
| Spoonbill | 1 | ||
| Crane | 14 |
