Sightings and news to week ending 5 July 2026
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Upcoming Events
Wild History Walk - Saturday 4 July
4x4 Photo Safari - Thursday 16 July
The Urban Birder's 20th Anniversary: Guided Birding Walk - Tuesday 21 July
Guided Birdwatch Walk - Tuesday 4 August
Birding for Beginners - Wednesday 5 August
Summer Walkway
Fully open for the summer, from after 0815hrs to 1630hrs each day. Please allow time to return. Enjoy.
Monday 29 June
Top New Piece
Male Quail calling from the field near to Zeiss Hide, male Ruff, 21 Redshank including at least one chick, 10 Lapwing, two broods of Gadwall, c30 Teal, singing Reed Bunting and Warblers.
Bottom New Piece
Crane in the field.
Estuary Tower
Crane in the long grass on the Dumbles, 3 Swifts feeding with large hirundine flock (80 birds Sand and House Martin and Swallows) over.
Summer Walkway
Three juvenile Stonechat on Middle Point fence plus Swallows and Goldfinches, singing Reed Buntings and Reed Warblers.
South Lake
Two breeding plumage Spotted Redshank, 4 Ruff, 31 Redshank, 53 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Oystercatcher, 1 Avocet, Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper, c20 Teal, c130 Gadwall, 5 Little Grebe, a couple of broods of Tufted Duck.
Middle Point
16 Curlew, 4 Oystercatcher, 4 Cormorant, 4 Little Egret, 2 GBB Gull, a few Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gulls on foreshore over high tide. Singing Reed Buntings and Reed Warblers.
