Today's sightings
Holden Tower
Peregrine 2 bothering the waders hence lower numbers early am
Ruddy Shelduck feeding among Eurasian Shelduck on the mudflats
Dunlin 30 seen over estuary
Cormorant 6
Little Egret 1
Golden Plover 25
Ruff 1
Lapwing 150
E. White-fronted Geese 4
Shoveler 37 on the scrape
Wigeon 331 on the scrape with 200+ on the estuary
Long Ground Pool (viewed from Holden Tower)
Little Grebe 1
Gadwall 16
Pintail 17
Zeiss Hide
Bittern flew in from S end of scrape and dropped into NW corner of reedbed below hide
Avocet 1
Spotted Redshank 1
Greenshank 1
Redshank 19
Ruff 3
Black-tailed Godwit 90
Teal 800
Pintail 137
Wigeon 8
Shoveler 37
Water Rail and Cetti's Warbler calling
South Lake
Black-tailed Godwit 190
Teal 100
Pochard 4
Tufted Duck 80
Shoveler 33
Rushy
Pintail 15
Kingfisher 1 (also fishing from posts at Martin Smith Hide)
