Sightings for 20 September
Tack Piece
Two Greenshank, 1 Ruff, 420+ Teal, 22 Gadwall, lots of passerines in the hedge along the summer walkway.
Dumbles/Middle Point foreshore
Peregrine on the Royal Drift Wall, 3 juvenile Bar-tailed Godwit, 262 Curlew, 2 juvenile Grey Plover, 8 mobile Ruff in the high tide roost, 57+ Ringed Plover, 130+Dunlin, 7 Little Stints, 1 Sanderling 13 Avocet flying about but hardly settling, immature Spoonbill, Great White Egret, 12 Little Egret, 6 Grey Heron among the Shelduck and gulls.
Middle Point
5 Yellow Wagtail among the cattle, Stonechat + Wheatear on the fence, Chiffchaffs at Goose House, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler and Reed Bunting in the reeds, Skylarks, Pied Wagtail and Meadow Pipits over, 4 Swallow and 3 Sand Martin heading South.
Top New Piece/Zeiss Hide
Great White Egret on the fleet early morning may have moved to the Severn shore, 4 Ruff, 3 Snipe, c340 Teal, 2 Pintail, 43 Wigeon on the flood, 2 Little Grebe on the fleet. Five of the Avocet flock from the estuary came in.
South Lake
A rather out of place Black Swan, definitely hasn't flown in from Australia so more likely from a naturalised Dutch colony or released/escaped, 10 Cormorant, 21 Ruff, 89 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 24 Lapwing, c130 Teal, 50+ Tufted Duck, 1 Redshank.
Rushy
One Avocet, 3 Spotted Redshank, 10 Redshank, 6 Ruff and c110 Teal.
