Sightings and news to week ending 31 August
Image- Ruff and Redshank (MJM)
Sunday 31 August
Top New Piece
Temminck's Stint on the islands, Bittern briefly sunning on the reeds at the south end of fleet, Garganey, Great Egret, 3 Spoonbill, 6 Cattle Egret among the Longhorn Cattle, 27 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Wood Sandpiper, Avocet, 10 Ruff, 57 Lapwing, 229 Teal, drake Wigeon, 30 Gadwall, Little Grebe and 15 Sand Martins over the fields and water.
Pill Box Pool
Juvenile Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Grey Heron and 8 Teal.
Long Ground Pool
Green Sandpiper.
Rushy Hide/Peng Observatory
Six Cattle Egret, 9 Ruff, 24 Redshank, ad and juvenile Spotted Redshank, 137 Black-tailed Godwit, 24 Lapwing, 5 Snipe + flocks of Gadwall and Teal.
Tack Piece- 7 Green Sandpiper, juv Knot and Snipe+ c60 Teal.
Middle Point
Scattered flocks of waders- c45 Ringed Plover, c40 Dunlin, Sanderling and 2 Knot + Curlew, Shelducks, Little and Great Egrets, 4 Reed Bunting and Sedge Warbler.
Tack Piece from Robbie Garnett Hide
Garganey among the Teal, c30 Black-tailed Godwits showing very well plus two juvenile Red Knot and up to 7 Green Sandpiper and Snipe.
Estuary Tower
Yellow Wagtails on the Dumbles among the cattle.
Saturday 30 August
Robbie Garnett Hide
Temminck’s Stint, Sparrowhawk
Zeiss hide
Three Wood Sandpipers
Mid Point
38 Curlew, 10 Ringed Plover, 4 Dunlin, 2 Knot, 2 Grey Heron, 4 Crane, 6 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Kestrel, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Common Tern, Ross’s Goose in Barnacle flock, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, 2 buzzards, Kingfisher, Cormorant, Little Egret, 2 Hares, tree pipit,
Discovery Hide
351 Greylags, 1 barnacle goose, 1 black 1 mute swan, 15 Lapwings, 2 green sandpiper, 1 snipe, 8 Ruff, 44 Black-tailed Godwits, 3 Cormorants, 1 Little Grebe 1 Wigeon, 20 Tufted, 4 Pochard, +Teal, Gadwall, Shoveler, 18 Black Headed Gulls.
Hogarth
Snipe and 2 Green Sandpiper
Zeiss Hide
3 Spoonbill, 309 Teal, 9 Gadwall, 5 Tufted Duck, 16 Barnacle Geese inc Neck ring B47, 3 Ruff, 5 Shoveler, 1 Great Egret, 1 Avocet, 1 Wigeon, 1 Marsh Harrier, 10 Cranes flew onto Dumbles
Decoy Hide
13 Gadwall, 1 Mandarin, 9 Tufted Duck, 2 Shoveler.
Rushy
Knot,
Friday 29 August
Morning Safari
Goldfinch flock, Kestrel, 14 Cranes including ER & Phelps, 2 Hobby, Little Egret, Hawker, 3 young Grass Snakes
Estuary Tower/ Pillbox Pool
1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 5 Black-tailed Godwit
Rushy
14 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 37 Blackwit, 9 Ruff, 8 Lapwing, 1 Snipe, plus Gadwall and Teal. and Barnacle Goose with blue ring B00
Zeiss Hide
3 Spoonbill, 313 Teal , 17 Gadwall, 3 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, Cetti’s heard, 4 Shoveler, 5 juv Ruff, 20 Barnacle Geese, 3 Grey Heron, 1Blackwit, 70 Canada Geese, 54 Greylag Geese
Kingfisher Hide
Little Grebe, single Roe Deer on BNP, young Marsh Harrier
Decoy Hide
3 Mandarin, 11 Shoveler, 14 Gadwall, 2 Tufted Duck.
Zeiss Hide
Cranes - Oakie & Sherbert, 7 unringed birds.
Thursday 28 August
Middle Point
2 Marsh Harrier, 42 Ringed Plover, 37 Dunlin, 28 Curlew, 1 Greenshank, 2 Sanderling, 3 Redshank
Robbie Garnett Hide
86 Teal, 6 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kestrel and a Spotted Redshank was seen in the afternoon
Car Park
1 Swift
Rushy Hide
83 Gadwall, 10 Ruff, 4 Redshank, 5 Snipe, 10 Shoveler, 1 Knot, 6 Tufted Duck, 127 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Spotted Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper. Juvenile Black Tern seen at 14:30
Estuary and summer walkways
All three hirundine species, Swallows, House Martin and Sand Martin, Yellow Wagtail overhead, Chiffchaff and Goldfinch also being very active
Zeiss Hide
1 Little Grebe, 3 Spoonbill, 1 Bittern, Cetti's warbler singing and 1 Ruff and 11 Cranes, Wood Sandpiper and Pink-footed goose on the Top New Piece scrape
South Lake
12 Ruff, 16 Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit flock spooked by 1 juvenile Marsh Harrier, 1 Avocet, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 4 Pochard, 1 Kingfisher
Wednesday 27 August
Rushy Hide
2 Spotted Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Knot, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Snipe, 3 Redshank, 3 Ruff
Zeiss Hide
1 Great Egret, 3 Spoonbill, 1 Knot, Little Grebe, 4 Green Sandpiper, 5 Ruff, 4 Dunlin, 1 Sparrowhawk, 17 Cranes, 3 Greenshank, 1 Garganey and 1 Bittern seen flying down the scrape in front of Van de Bovenkamp Hide
Discovery Hide
172 Black-tailed Godwit, 17 Ruff, 2 Green Sandpiper, 13 Redshank, 1 Knot
Pill box pool
10 Black-tailed Godwit
Robbie Garnett
6 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper
Middle Point
56 Ringed Plover, 37 Dunlin, 52 Curlew
Dumbles
2 Crane and a Kestrel hunting along the Seawall
Tuesday 26 August
*Note that we will have a work party on seasonal management at Martin Smith Hide/Withy Bed, Pill Box Pool and below Estuary Tower today.*
South Lake
Most of the Rushy waders moved here + 2 Green Sandpiper and including the juvenile Red Knot and 18+ Ruff. Busy with Teal, Gadwall and Shoveler and large flock of Greylag Geese with the Tundra Bean Goose.
Rushy Hide
Two Spotted Redshank, 16 Ruff, 21 Redshank, 2 Snipe, juvenile Red Knot, 119 Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, 3 Lapwing and a few Shelduck and Shoveler among Teal/Gadwall flock+ 3 Pied Wagtails. The majority of the waders moved to the South Lake.
Tack Piece
Three Garganey, 104 Teal, 8 Shoveler, juvenile Greenshank, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Grey Heron, 8 Moorhen.
Pill Box Pool
Black-tailed Godwit, Little Egret and 6 Teal.
Top New Piece
Three Spoonbill, 2 juvenile Wood Sandpiper, 3 juvenile Red Knot, 3 Green Sandpiper, 6 Snipe, juvenile Ruff and adult reeve, 4 Garganey on fleet + 2 Little Grebe, brief head view of Bittern on reedy island, 11 Crane over to Dumbles.
Middle Point
On the flood tide- 7 Knot flew past and a calling Whimbrel + Curlew and Shelduck, 44 Avocet on tidal pool to N, on the mudflats flock of 93 Ringed Plover and c40 Dunlin to North and 48 Ringed Plover and 5 Dunlin to South but all mobile.
Bank Holiday Monday 25 August
Tack Piece
Three Green Sandpiper, a few Reed Warblers (one pictured) and Chiffchaffs from Robbie Garnett Hide.
Top New Piece
Spoonbill (probably three over high tide), 63 Black-tailed Godwit, 9 Redshank, Spotted Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 4 Snipe, at least one Garganey, Pochard, Great Egret juvenile Ruff.
Rushy Hide/Peng Observatory
21 Ruff, 12 Redshank, Spotted Redshank, 132 Black-tailed Godwit, Snipe, Green Sandpiper, a few Lapwing, 50+ Gadwall, Shelducks, Greylag Geese and Tundra Bean Goose.
Middle Point
Early morning before the flood tide- 12 Little and a Great Egret, 3 Grey Heron and 2 Spoonbills feeding in low tide creek, 3 Knot, at least 14 Dunlin and 21 Ringed Plover on the mud.
At high tide on Dumbles foreshore- Flock of Ringed Plover and Dunlin with three Knot, 183 Curlew, 14 Crane, 11 Little Egret, Great Egret, a few Grey Herons Yellow legged and 12 GBB Gull in the high tide Gull roost.
Summer Walkway/Tack Piece
Two Wheatear (pictured) and a few Yellow Wagtails.
