Sightings and news to week ending 3 August

Picture - juvenile Yellow Wagtail in the Summer Walkway area - MJM.

Saturday 2 August

Morning Safari

Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, 3 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Roe Deer, Reed Warbler, 2 Stockdove, Curlews on the river, Gatekeeper and Red Admiral butterflies

Robbie Garnett Hide

Garganey, Wood Sandpiper, Little Egret, 12 Green Sandpipers, Linnets, 2 Garganey,

South Lake

99 Greylags, 4 Lapwing, 155 Blackwits, 8 Avocet, 4 Ruff, 1 Green Sandpiper, 4 Redshank, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Pied Wagtail, Ruff, Little Ringed Plover,

Rushy

3 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper

Decoy

Mandarin Female

Zeiss Hide

Ruff 4, Shelduck 13 ducklings 2adults, Avocet 6, Reed Warbler 1, Greylag and Canada flock, Lapwing 56, Little Grebe heard.

Mid Point

80 Curlew, 30+ Dunlin, 4 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, 2 Crane, 3 Linnet, Lesser and Greater Black-backed Gulls, singles of Great Egret, Cormorant, Meadow Pipit, Peregrine Falcon

Kingfisher Hide

2 Cranes (Ruby and her unringed mate), 21 Lapwing on Four Score, Small flock of Starlings and a few Swallows feeding over Bottom New Point.

Friday 1 August

Decoy Hide

3 Mandarin Duck & Great Egret

South Lake

162 Black-tailed Godwits, 8 adults 4 juvenile Avocets, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Ruff, 4 Redshank, 2 pochard and a Black Swan

Zeiss Hide

1 Little Grebe, Spoonbill 1 adult 1 juvenile, 13 Shelduck ducklings, 6 Avocet, 90 Lapwing, 3 Ruff and House Martins feeding over the back

Mid Point (low tide)

Black-tailed Godwit, Kestrel, 93 Curlew, 15 Little Egret, Great Egret, 4 Oystercatcher, 20 Swallow

Rushy

Juvenile Spoonbill, Wood sandpiper and Spotted Redshank

Robbie Garnett

Kingfisher, Wood Sandpiper, 4 Garganey, 10 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2 Ruff, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Lapwing, 6+ Pied Wagtail, few Teal

Kingfisher Hide

Cranes - Oakie & Sherbert, Ruby and unringed mate plus two unringed birds, Roe Deer doe with two fawns all on Four Score, Grey Heron down channel

Thursday 31 July

Rushy

40 Gadwall, 1 green sandpiper, 1 little grebe, 16 redshank, 3 teal, 1 black swan, 1 snipe, 8 tufted ducks, 2 grey heron, 18 Shelduck juveniles, house martins, swallows and sand martins

Tack piece

14 green sandpiper, 1 wood sandpiper, 1 ruff, 2 shoveler, 4 garganey, 8 teal, 4 little ringed plover,

Pill box

1 green sandpiper

Summer walkway

2 yellow wagtail

South Lake

112 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Avocet with 4 visible juveniles, 7 Ruff, 6 Redshank and 2 Green Sandpiper. 2 Drake Pochard and a juveniles Little Grebe on deep lake.

Top New Piece

41 Lapwing, 2 Spoonbills, 4 Avocet, Ruff, Redshank and Black-tailed Godwit. Greylag and Canada Goose flocks and several Gadwall families.

Midpoint

8 little egrets, 107 curlew, 1 great egret, 8 avocets, 1 common x ruddy Shelduck, 3 redshank, 74 dunlin, 2 sanderling, 1 yellow wagtail, 1 sedge warbler, 3 grey herons, 2 black-tailed godwits and 1 juvenile stonechat

Wednesday 30 July

Zeiss Hide

Bittern, 2 Spoonbill, 28 Redshank, 2 Ruff, Peregrine, juvenile Marsh Harrier, 2 Little Grebe

Kingfisher Hide

10 Cranes

South Lake

156 Black-tailed Godwit, Spotted Redshank, 15 Redshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 7 Ruff, 8 Avocet (with 6 young), 54 Coot, 6 Pochard, 32 Tufted Duck, 2 Jay

Rushy

4 Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper

Robbie Garnett

11 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Ringed Plover, Wood Sandpiper, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Ruff, 2 Lapwing

Middle Point

2 Meadow pipit, on the river 3 Knot, 91 Dunlin, 11 Little Egret, 1 Great Egret, 120 Curlew, 6 Redshank, 2 Oystercatcher, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, Ruddy Shelduck x common, Marsh Harrier over the Dumbles too

Tuesday 29 July

Kingfisher Hide

Sparrowhawk and 10 Cranes on four score field

Decoy Hide

12 Mandarin

Zeiss Hide

2 Spoonbill, 8 Ruff, 105 Black-tailed Godwit, 20 Redshank, 96 Lapwing including pale individual 2 Marsh Harrier

Estuary Tower

2 Yellow Wagtail with the cattle on the Dumbles, Peregrine on the post by the river

Pill box pool

Great Egret

Middle Point

3 Turnstone

Tack Piece

8 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 3 Little Ringed Plover and 1 Spotted Redshank. In the afternoon the Wood Sandpiper and Garganey were still there along with numerous Little Egret and Green Sandpiper.

Rushy

Snipe seen first thing on the lower pool

Monday 28 July

Tack Piece from Robbie Garnett Hide

Five Little-ringed Plover, Garganey, single Wood and Common Sandpiper, 17 Green Sandpiper, 4 Lapwing.

Summer Walkway

A dozen Yellow Wagtails with the cattle either side (Tack Piece/Dumbles) and a few warblers in the hedge.

Middle Point

Adult Turnstone, Common Sandpiper, 8 Oystercatcher, 1255 Black-headed Gull, 74 Dunlin, Spoonbill, 18 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 10 Sanderling, 147 Curlew, 3 Cormorant, 109 Shelduck, Lapwing, 4 GBB Gull, 39 LBBG, 18 Herring Gull + 29 Carrion Crow at low tide. A drake Common Scoter drifted up on the tide and a Harbour Porpoise was off the point.

Top New Piece from Zeiss Hide

Four 4 Green Sandpiper, 26 Shelduck (23 juveniles), 19 Redshank, 88 Lapwing (including the partially leucistic bird), 3 male Ruff, 30 Sand Martin, Spoonbill.

South Lake

Tundra Bean Goose, 22 Avocet (9 juvs), 2 Green Sandpiper, 8+ Ruff, 150+ Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Spotted Redshank.

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