Today's sightings
Dumbles at high tide
No sign of the Buff breasted Sandpiper in a search of the Dumbles grassland and wader roosts over hight tide. 1 Curlew Sandpiper and 3 Little Stint among 39 Ringed Plover and 170 Dunlin. Peregrine Falcon again attacked the roost.
1st summer Spoonbill roosted among the Shelduck but flew N as tide receded.
13 Little Egret
99 Shelduck
68 Curlew
Harbour Seal catching mullet
500 Swallow
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece
Curlew Sandpiper 2
Ruff 15
Teal 620
Garganey 1
Redshank 11
Spotted Redshank 1
Kingfisher 1
Water Rail 1
Hobby 1
Van de Bovenkamp Hide-South Finger
Water Rail 1
Common Crane 1
Rushy
Little ringed Plover 1
Green Sandpiper 5
Black-tailed Godwit 14
Pintail 8
South Lake
Ruff 2
Redshank 25
Fields to the North of centre
3 Great Crane Project Cranes
100 Acre reedbed during WeBS count....
Bittern 1 very early date
