Sightings and news to week ending 23 November 2025
*The Internal Drainage Board will be on site over the next few weeks performing essential ditch maintenance. Apologies for any localized disturbance. South Lake all day today (19 November) and probably South Finger Reedbed (20/21 November).
Saturday 22 November
Kingfisher Hide
3 Roe Deer on Bottom New Piece
Zeiss Hide
34 Shelduck, 46 Lapwing, 33 Teal. 31 Canada and 2 Greylag geese
Decoy Hide
14 Shoveler, 3 Teal, 2 Tufted Duck
Friday 21 November
South Finger and Kingfisher Hide
Song Thrush, 2 Cettis Warbler, 3 Water Rail and 6 Roe Deer (2 females and 4 youngsters)
Zeiss Hide
Extensive ice cover so no waterfowl. 150 Dunlin roosting, 50 Lapwing, Great Black Back Gull and a Raven and Peregrine.
South Lake
60 Lapwing, 47 Tufted Ducks, 42 Shoveler, 14 Pochard, 2 Pintail and a Little Grebe.
Plenty of activity around the grounds especially on sunny side of hedges. Black cap, Goldcrest, Tree Creeper , Tit flocks
Rushy Hide
21 Bewick’s Swan, 2 Sanderling with 300+ Dunlin.
WWT Martin Smith
4 Snipe. Another 5 Bewick’s Swan on Tack Piece
Robbie Garnett
40 White-fronted Goose, Great Egret, 3 Little Stint, 240 Lapwing, 100+ Dunlin, 3 Wigeon, Buzzard, Barnacle with 60 Greylags.
Estuary Tower
3 Chiffchaff, 57 Curlew, Buzzard, Peregrine, 9 Cranes (Wendy and Albert, ER and Phelps, Ruby, 4 unringed), c700 Canadas (inc. red ‘DP’), 90 Greylag Geese, 150 Barnacle Geese + Ross’s, few Wigeon & Pintail on Estuary
Pillbox pool
12 Teal, 24 Wigeon
Willow Hide
male Sparrowhawk at the feeders
Thursday 20 November
Rushy
17 Bewick Swans, 1 Sanderling mixed in with the Dunlin Flock, Shelduck, Mallard, Black-Tailed Godwit, Lapwing and Pintail
Martin Smith
2 Snipe
Dumbles
13 Cranes, 1 Peregrine, 2 Marsh Harrier, 11 Great black backed gulls
Tack Piece
3 Little Stints, Flocks of Wigeon, Lapwing, Golden Plover, approximately Forty Russian White-fronted Geese including the 'mega-brood' of twelve juveniles
Wednesday 19 November
A cold NW wind blowing in across the Dumbles with sleet early morning, a touch of snow over in Cinderford.
Estuary Tower
Two Marsh Harriers and a pair of Peregrine hunting the foreshore and Middle Point area early morning, flocks of Pintail, Teal and Wigeon on the Severn. Pink-footed Goose with the Canada/Greylag/Barnacle Goose flock. 67 Great Black-backed Gulls roosting on the foreshore over the tide with 8 Cormorants.
Willow Hide
Water Rail
Tack Piece
Five Little Stint feeding on the central flood + 400 Dunlin, Ruff, Redshank and Curlew with Lapwing and Golden Plover. 100s of Teal and Wigeon on the scrape.
Rushy Hide/Peng Observatory
Still 19 Bewick's Swans on site today but moving between here, Tack Piece and the entrance roads fields.
Top New Piece from Zeiss Hide
18 Shelduck, 360 Lapwing, 300 Golden Plover, Marsh Harrier, 8 Shoveler, 88 Teal, 32 Avocets.
Tuesday 18 November
Tack Piece
Forty Russian White-fronted Geese includes a 'mega-brood' of twelve juveniles in the company of two adults! , 19 Bewick's Swans (moving between here and the Rushy), Pink-footed Goose with the Canada/Greylag Goose flock, a few Ruff and Redshank, 150+ Dunlin, lower numbers of ducks here today but 2 Marsh Harriers hunting.
Monday 17 November
Following on from the arrival of our first three Bewick's Swans of the season yesterday, we had reached a total of thirteen by late morning today. This included a juvenile (cygnet) and some individuals that are well know to us thanks to the bill pattern recognition. Maisie and Maifeld have returned for another winter. Images- M.J. McGill.
Estuary Tower
Four Marsh Harrier and Peregrine early morning, now 28 Russian White-fronted Geese on the salt marsh includes 15 juveniles, it seems 12 of them are with one pair of adults. A Little Stint called in on the Dumbles scrape briefly, flocks of Lapwing, Dunlin and the usual geese including the Ross's and hybrids. Flocks of Wigeon, Teal and Pintail on the Severn, these were displaced by the raptors plus 2 Avocets on a tidal pool.
South Lake
Four Avocet and 4 Black-tailed Godwit with the Lapwing, 100s Teal and Shoveler, 19 Cormorant plus Tufted Duck and Pochard on deep lake.
Rushy Hide
The Bewick's Swans came in to feed this morning but some headed out to the Tack Piece. A Little Stint was among c300 Dunlin.
