Sightings and news to week ending 7 September
Image- Green Sandpiper (MJM)- at least 13 still on site on 1 September.
WeBS Count for Sunday 7 September
| Canada Goose | 195 | ||
| Barnacle Goose | 179 | ||
| Greylag Goose | 417 | ||
| Mute Swan | 107 | ||
| Shelduck | 132 | ||
| Mandarin Duck | 3 | ||
| Garganey | 5 | ||
| Shoveler | 104 | ||
| Gadwall | 198 | ||
| Wigeon | 23 | ||
| Mallard | 793 | ||
| Pintail | 1 | ||
| Teal | 835 | ||
| Pochard | 10 | ||
| Tufted Duck | 110 | ||
| Little Grebe | 6 | ||
| Great Crested Grebe | 1 | ||
| Grey Heron | 13 | ||
| Little Egret | 14 | ||
| Cormorant | 18 | ||
| Water Rail | 5 | ||
| Moorhen | 68 | ||
| Coot | 87 | ||
| Oystercatcher | 1 | ||
| Avocet | 45 | ||
| Lapwing | 70 | ||
| Grey Plover | 6 | ||
| Ringed Plover | 634 | ||
| Curlew | 195 | ||
| Bar-tailed Godwit | 3 | ||
| Black-tailed Godwit | 231 | ||
| Turnstone | 17 | ||
| Knot | 19 | ||
| Ruff | 39 | ||
| Curlew Sandpiper | 23 | ||
| Sanderling | 21 | ||
| Dunlin | 105 | ||
| Little Stint | 2 | ||
| Snipe | 5 | ||
| Green Sandpiper | 8 | ||
| Redshank | 74 | ||
| Wood Sandpiper | 1 | ||
| Spotted Redshank | 7 | ||
| Greenshank | 20 | ||
| Kingfisher | 2 | ||
| Black-headed Gull | 768 | ||
| Common Gull | 8 | ||
| Great Black-backed Gull | 15 | ||
| Herring Gull | 36 | ||
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 17 | ||
| Sandwich Tern | 1 | flew downriver with Arctic Terns (flock of 45) | |
| Common Tern | 4 | juveniles | |
| Arctic Tern | 55 | Flock of 45 (majority juveniles) and 10 (7 juveniles) downriver | |
| Ross's Goose | 1 | likely escaped or released bird with Barnacles | |
| Tundra Bean Goose | 1 | likely escaped or released bird with Greylags, been around through the summer. | |
| Hybrid goose | 4 | Canada x Greylag Canada x Barnacle Snow x Bar-headed Goose | |
| Black Swan | 1 | ||
| Hybrid duck | 1 | Pintail x RCP or Common Pochard ? | |
| Spoonbill | 3 | ||
| Cattle Egret | 9 | ||
| Great White Egret | 1 | ||
| Crane | 17 |
Saturday 6 September
Decoy Hide
2 male and 1 female Mandarin Duck, 10 Tufted Duck, 3 Shoveler and 9 Gadwall.
Robbie Garnett Hide
2 Glossy Ibis
Rushy Hide
5 Knot, 25 Redshank, 13 Ruff, 2 Spotted Redshank, 5 Green Sandpiper, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Garganey, 2 Lapwing, numbers of Teal and Gadwall.
Mid Point
42 Curlew, 9 Grey Heron, 7 Little Egret, 7 Avocet, 14 Greater & 6 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Common Tern, 2 Meadow Pipit, Ross’s Goose in Barnacle flock, singles of Glossy Ibis, Marsh Harrier, Whinchat, Wheatear, Cormorant, Great Egret, Cetti’s Warbler.
Zeiss Hide
3 Spoonbill, 1 Great Egret, 2 Greenshank, 1 Marsh Harrier, 487 Teal, 2 Ruff.
Grounds
Chiffchaff singing, Green Woodpecker heard. Tin Shed Ground - 2 Roe Deer. Kingfisher Hide - Cetti’s Warbler, 61 Barnacle geese on Bottom New Piece and a Marsh Harrier heading south.
Discovery Hide
1 Marsh Harrier, 9 Ruff,1 Heron, 23 Teal, 39 Shoveler, 265 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 68 Lapwing, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Cormorant,1 Black Swan,14 Tufted Duck and 2 Male Pochard.
Friday 5 September
Estuary Tower
111 Barnacle Geese plus Ross’s and hybrid.
Robbie Garnett Hide
1 Greenshank, 5 Green Sandpiper, 143 Teal, 1 Redshank, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Glossy Ibis, Grass snake across the path, second grass snake swam past
Rushy Hide
1 Snipe, 32 Redshank, 5 Knot, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Ruff, 1 Avocet, 32 Lapwing, duck flock including young Shelduck, Shoveler, Teal, Gadwall and 2 Garganey
Mid Point
Whinchat, 300+ Goldfinch, 3 Yellow Wagtails, 4 Swallow, 14 Avocet, 35 Dunlin & Ringed Plover, 61 Curlew, 156 Shelduck, Cormorant, 1 Great & 5 Little Egret, 7 Heron, 99 Barnacle Goose, Ross’s & hybrid goose too. Black Headed, Great Black-backed & Herring Gull, Smooth(?) Newt on summer walkway
South Lake
220 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Ruff, Green Sandpiper, Spoonbill, Little Grebe. 4 Pochard , 25 Tufted Duck. Sand Martins feeding over water 50c and a singing Chiffchaff.
Zeiss Hide
285 Teal, 4 Wigeon. Wood Sandpiper, 9 Ruff, 3 Spoonbill, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Bittern, Hobby, Wood Sandpiper
Kingfisher Hide.
Bullfinch and Blackcap feeding on berries, 1 Jay, 1 Little Grebe and 4 Roe Deer
Thursday 4 September
South Lake
Juvenile Goosander on South Lake deep lake, 9 Ruff, 1 Avocet, Black-tailed Godwit, Little Grebe, Redshank
Kingfisher Hide
9 Curlew flew by, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Little Grebe
Zeiss Hide
2 Spoonbill, Gadwall, Wigeon, Teal, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper
Estuary Tower
1 Blackcap, 1 Hobby, 1 Oystercatcher, 3 Chiffchaff, 6 Cattle Egret, 1 Peregrine, 132 Barnacle Geese, 24 Curlew, 6 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Linnet
Tack Piece
3 Green Sandpiper, 10 Teal, 1 Greenshank, 1 Water Rail, 1 Marsh Harrier
Pill box Pool - 1 Green Sandpiper
Rushy Hide
80 Gadwall, 6 Tufted Duck, 94 Black-tailed Godwit, 24 Teal, 51 Lapwing, 1 Garganey, 4 Snipe, 11 Ruff, 2 Spotted Redshank, 27 Redshank, 1 Avocet, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Sparrowhawk
Car Park
5 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Cetti's Warbler, Swallow, House and Sand Martin
Tuesday 2 September
An Osprey stirred up the birds on the Severn around 5.40pm as it caught a fish, it flew from the Severn, south of Middle Point towards the grounds with the prize.
Tack Piece
Greenshank, two Garganey among the birds present.
South Lake
Wood Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 114 Black-tailed Godwit,
Top New Piece
Bittern again from Zeiss Hide. 10 Ruff.
Middle Point
Five Red Knot, 6 Avocet and 4 Dunlin to the North, the three Spoonbill for much of the day off Middle Point following a walk through survey by the EA. Two Whinchat on the fence and a Wheatear along the seawall to the North.
Monday 1 September
Long Ground Pool
Two Cattle Egret early morning, later a Cattle Egret was with Great Egret and Green Sandpiper in the grounds (South American Pen) but all flew out on seeing a member of staff.
South Lake
Three Ruff, 3 Green Sandpiper, mixed flock of 300 Teal, Gadwall and Shoveler, Tundra Bean Goose with the Greylag flock.
Rushy Hide/Peng Observatory
Two Garganey among the Teal and Gadwall, 12 Ruff, Spotted Redshank,4+ Snipe, 20+ Redshank, 70+ Black-tailed Godwit among other species present. A juvenile Cattle Egret.
Tack Piece
Juvenile Red Knot, 8 Green Sandpiper, Snipe and Black-tailed Godwits among the Teal. Good views of the partially leucistic Lapwing on the the isthmus with the Lapwing flock.
Top New Piece
The juvenile Temminck's Stint again on the flood islands from around midday, its visits may be tidal related. The three long-staying Spoonbills, three juvenile Wood Sandpipers, Green Sandpiper, a Bittern showed along the East edge of the fleet but was only viewable from Van de Bovenkamp hide. Ruff and Black-tailed Godwits also coming and going and 50+ Sand Martin feeding over and occasionally resting on the mud. A juvenile Marsh Harrier has been hunting over so moving the birds about.
Pill Box Pool
Greenshank.
Dumbles from Estuary Tower
20+ Yellow Wagtails following the cattle.
Middle Point
Flock of Avocets to North, 74 Dunlin and 63 Ringed Plover in two flocks + 2 Sanderling + Curlew, Shelducks and 100s of Black-headed Gulls, Grey Heron and Little Egrets.
