Sightings and news to week ending 26 April
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Estuary Tower
Red Kite, adult Mediterranean Gull through, Whinchat on summer walkway hedge, flocks of c14 and c29 Bar-tailed Godwit, 39 and 2 Dunlin, Ringed Plover and Whimbrel on foreshore, DB Brent Goose at the scrape with 2 pairs Avocet
Other sightings this morning include afew Swallows moving through, 10+ Skylarks, 3 Little-ringed Plover that called in to the scrape + pair of Teal and Oystercatcher, 19 Bar-tailed Godwit that settled on the Dumbles at high tide, 2 Brown HarE.
Tack Piece
Single Crane, Tundra Bean Goose and flocks of Teal, Shoveler, Gadwall and a few Pintail and Wigeon.
South Finger Reedbed
23 singing Reed, 2 Cetti's and 6 Sedge Warbler also Reed Bunting, 2 singing Whitethroats, pair of Tufted Duck, 2 drake Mallard, drake Gadwall. Along the pathway 5 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 2 pairs of Blue Tit. Wren, Robin.
Rushy Hide
Spotted Redshank asleep on the island at the back of the lower pond, m Pochard, 2 pairs of Tufted Duck, pair of Avocets
