Latest sightings
Sunday sightings
The Holden Tower Avocet 12 Little-ringed Plover 1 Peregrine 1 The Rushy Avocet 19 The Land Rover Safari tour Garganey 3 males Hobby 5 Great-crested Grebe 2 with young Whimbrel 2 The South Lake Kingfisher 1 Black-tailed Godwit 35 Avocet 2 The Tack Piece Av
17 May 2015
Sunny saturday
The Rushy Garganey 1 male Avocet 10 The Tack Piece Garganey 2 males Teal 4 Avocet 8 Crane 3 The Holden Tower Avocet 12 Peregrine 1 The Zeiss Hide Avocet 10 Little Egret 1 The South Finger Cuckoo 1 The South Lake Black-tailed Godwit 38 Common Tern 1
16 May 2015
Spoonbill again
Today's Highlights Spoonbill 1 adult early morning on the South Lake Garganey 5 on site including 4 males The Holden Tower Grey Plover 2 Whimbrel 1 Curlew 1 Dunlin 40 Ringed Plover 15 Avocet 10 The Zeiss Hide Avocet 19 The Kingfisher Hide Cuckoo 1 The Sou
15 May 2015
Wet Thursday sightings
The Holden Tower Little-ringed Plover 2 Avocet 21 The South Lake Common Tern 1 Med Gull 1 Black-tailed Godwit 38 The Tack Piece Little Gull 1 Common Crane 1 Pink-footed Goose 1 Avocet 4 The Zeiss Hide Avocet 8 Sand Martin 50
14 May 2015
Wednesday birds news
The Rushy Little Gull 1 Avocet 9 Common Sandpiper 3 The South Lake Little Egret 1 Juvenile Black-tailed Godwit 57 Oystercatcher 4 The Holden Tower Avocet 17 Oystercatcher 2 Lapwing 20 Skylark 8 Peregrine 1 The Tack Piece Avocet 8 Teal 2 &nb
13 May 2015
Spoonbill
The Zeiss Hide SPOONBILL 1 summer plumage adult present but mobile Avocet 12 Garganey 1 male Teal 4 The Holden Tower Cuckoo 1 Avocet 18 The South Lake Black-tailed Godwit 57 Oystercatcher 4 Common Tern 1 The Tack Piece Crane 5 Avocet 6
12 May 2015
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Avocet- 8 pairs nesting and a brood with 2 chicks present this morning. Oystercatcher pair Pied Wagtail 1 male Peregrine- on the mudflats Lapwing 20 Tack Piece Crane 2 GCP Teal 6 Avocet 5 Martin Smith Hide Crane 2 GCP Grey Heron 1 Sedge Warbl
11 May 2015
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Avocet-seven nests occupied with two broods on the scrape. White Wagtail 1 Oystercatcher 9 on foreshore Whimbrel 2 Curlew 1 Dunlin 160 Ringed Plover 62 Sanderling 6 Raven 2 Lapwing 14 Tack Piece Pink-footed Goose 1 Crane 2 GCP Teal 6 Avocet 3
10 May 2015
Saturday bird news
The Holden Tower Turnstone 1 Sanderling 4 Dunlin 60 Ringed Plover 15 Whimbrel 1 Avocet 18- some with small young Peregrine 1 Kestrel 1 Buzzard 2 Marsh Harrier 1 female Swift 600 Wheatear 4 Cuckoo 1 Tack Piece Garganey 2 male & female Teal 2 Shoveler 1
9 May 2015
Avocets and passage waders.
The Holden Tower CURLEW SANDPIPER 1 breeding plumage Little Stint 1 breeding plumage Sanderling 3 Dunlin 50 Ringed Plover 15 Grey Plover 2 Whimbrel 2 Bar-tailed Godwit 2 Avocet 20 Wheatear 1 Yellow Wagtail 1 Cuckoo 1 Hobby 1 Zeiss Hide Shoveler 9 Teal 1
8 May 2015
Thursdays bird news
The Rushy Little Gull 1 The Holden Tower White Wagtail 2 Avocet 7 incubating pairs and 2 pairs with new young. 4 pairs have hatched young so far this week. The Tack Piece Common Crane 5 The Zeiss Hide Avocet 8 Black-tailed Godwit 109 Common Crane 5 The So
7 May 2015
Windy Wednesday
The Tack Piece Garganey 1 male The South Lake Little Gull 1 Med Gull 1 Avocet 4 Oystercatcher 2 The Rushy Little Gull 1 ( 2 on site) Little-ringed Plover 1 Sand Martin 50 Swift 20 Grey Wagtail 2 The Holden Tower POMARINE SKUA 2 past heading up river at 13
6 May 2015
Today' sightings-strong gales
Holden Tower Little Tern 1 downriver at high tide. 1st of 2015 Grey Plover 1 breeding plumaged bird downriver at high tide Bar-tailed Godwit 2 on Dumbles Dunlin 240 Dumbles foreshore Ringed Plover 60 Dumbles foreshore Sanderling 7 Dumbles foreshore White
5 May 2015
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Avocet 10 pairs Dunlin 70 called in at high tide Ringed Plover 2 came in at high tide Little ringed Plover `1 White Wagtail 1 Pied Wagtail 1 Peregrine 1 Sanderling 4 Curlew 1 Whimbrel 1 Redshank 2 Swallows/Sand Martin Zeiss Hide Garganey male
4 May 2015
Rain at last and a nice selection of Waders.
Rushy Mediteranean Gull 1 1st summer bird with a white plastic ring 3KPR. Little Gull 1 1st summer here briefly before going to South Lake. Avocet 1 pair incubating. Holden Tower (At high tide) All waders below were seen distantly over the estuary at high
3 May 2015