Sightings and news to week ending 9 November 2025
Image- taken from Rushy Hide- Temminck's Stint with other species on one of the islands on the Lower Pond. Will it remain with us and overwinter?
*Please note*
We have began to feed birds here from yesterday, it'll take a couple of weeks to settle the wildfowl back in to this routine. The waders and gulls may lift and fly over into the Tack Piece briefly but return soon after. Initially, we will feeding mornings only but introducing an afternoon feed soon. The commentated feeds will begin when the time is right, look out for announcements here and on the main webpages.
We have a malfunctioning light (keeps flashing) in the Rushy, the facilities team may need to go out in the next two days to repair or disconnect.
Work parties continuing with screen building and fence work near Martin Smith Hide and vegetation cutting along the Rushy Lane (Duck Decoy side) again today. We are not in view of the birds.
Tractor mowing in South Finger Reedbed today, likely to be tractor mowing in Long Ground/Canoe Trail tomorrow (7 November).
Thursday 6 November
Rushy Hide/Peng Observatory
36 Redshank, 2 Spotted Redshank, Dunlin, Avocet, 10 Snipe, 4 Black-tailed Godwit and c120 Lapwing visiting, 20 Pochard and 50+ Tufted Duck, 12 Pintail and a Wigeon among the Mallards and Teal.
Estuary Tower
Peregrine stirring up the waders, as a result most only seen in flight- Curlew Sandpiper and 6 Sanderling with c80 Dunlin, 3 Grey Plover, 20+ Ruff, Bar-tailed Godwit, 150+ Avocet floating on the tide. 71 Great Black-backed Gull, 40 Pintail and c70 Wigeon, Shelducks, Curlews and 8 Cormorants, Great and 6 Little Egrets. Lots of geese on the Dumbles.
Tack Piece
200+ Wigeon.
Wednesday 5 November
Kingfisher Hide
Yellow-browed Warbler reported again.
Tack piece
2 White-fronted Goose
Kingfisher Hide
2 Little Grebes, 10 Gadwall, 20 Cranes flew towards the Dumbles
Rushy
Temmincks Stint
South Lake
58 Tuted Duck, 10 Pochard, 17 Black-Tailed Godwit, 18 Shoveler, 2 Snipe, 165 Teal
Zeiss
287 Teal, 3 Marsh Harriers, 12 Shoveler
Tuesday 4 November
Estuary Tower
A Leach's Petrel was off Middle Point (North) but seems to have been taken by the flock of large gulls that were pursuing it, hunting Peregrine disturbing waders, chasing a Bar-tailed Godwit, 12 Sanderling flew past S, settled for a time, then flew North, a Curlew Sandpiper with Dunlin, 700 Golden Plover.
2+ Brambling flew over, 15 Cranes and 2 R. White-fronted Geese among the Canada/Greylag/Barnacle goose flock, 2 Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Linnets and Skylarks, 41 Great Black-backed Gulls in the roost with a probable 3rd winter Yellow-legged Gull, 100+ Avocet and 29 Pintail on the river.
Rushy Hide/Peng Observatory
The Temminck's Stint still on lower islands with 30 Redshank, Snipe, Lapwing, Black-tailed Godwits, Pintail, Teal, Pochard.
Tack Piece
c400 Wigeon, 8 Redshank as well as Teal and Shoveler. Two Russian White-fronted Geese relocated here from the Dumbles.
Rushy Hide
The Temminck's Stint continues to visit the lower pond islands this morning (image a typical view of this tiny wader among 21 Redshank, Ruff, 6 Snipe, 8 Black-tailed Godwit plus Pintail, Gadwall, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Teal and Shelducks.
Estuary Tower
Two Marsh Harriers, a Raven and Kestrel roaming the fields, floods and scrapes. Among the flocks of Canada, Barnacle and Greylag Geese, a Pink-footed and Ross's Goose on the Dumbles with 2 Russian White-fronted Geese + Peregrine on the foreshore posts.
Top New Piece
Bittern seen from Van de Bovenkamp Hide
South Lake
Busy with the commoner gull species this morning + flocks of Lapwing and Black-tailed Godwit, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Teal and Shoveler.
Tack Piece
Six Redshank, 400 Wigeon, 200 Teal and 10 Pintail.
