Latest sightings
Golden numbers
The Holden Tower Golden Plover 3000 Lapwing 1800 Dunlin 1500 Ruff 9 Brent Goose 2 Barnacle Goose 200 White-fronted Goose 23 Buzzard 2 Marsh Harrier 1 Peregrine 1 The Tack Piece Bewick's Swan 18 Greylag Goose 300 Teal 500 Curlew 70 The Rushy Ruddy Shelduck
12 November 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Golden Plover 1600 Lapwing 2000 Dunlin 700 Peregrine 1 Barnacle Goose 200 Canada Goose 230 Little Stint 1 Marsh Harrier 1+ Dark-bellied Brent 2 juveniles Curlew 72 Tack Piece E.White-fronted Goose 13 Greylag 281 Bewick's Swan 6 Ruff 4 Curlew
11 November 2014
Today's sightings- WeBS (Wetland Bird Survey) count
Some highlights for today Holden Tower Dumbles at high tide Golden Plover 1731 Lapwing 1873 Knot 1-among roosting plover Dunlin 770 Little Stint 2 Brent Goose 4- 2 juvenile Dark-bellied grazing saltmarsh and 2 juveniles floating up on tide (probably Dark-
10 November 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Lapwing and Golden Plover over 1000 of each Ruff 4 Little Stint 2+ Marsh Harrier 2 on/off all day Peregrine 2 Curlew 100+ (40 feeding in Tack Pice) Pink-footed Goose 1 juv in Tack Piece with Greylags Crane 2 Fieldfare-30 in hedges Chiffchaff
9 November 2014
Merlin and more!
The Holden Tower Merlin 1 female showed well for a long period Peregrine 1 Marsh Harrier 1 Buzzard 2 Golden plover 1300 Lapwing 1600 Dunlin 700 Little Stint 1 Curlew 30 White-fronted Goose 13 The Tack Piece Teal 400 The Rushy Pintail 30 Pochard 60 The Zei
8 November 2014
Lots more waders
The Holden Tower Golden Plover 900 Lapwing 1300 Little Stint 1 Dunlin 500 Redshank 10 Ruff 5 Barnacle Goose 200 Peregrine 1 Chiffchaff 1 The Zeiss Hide Spotted Redshank 1 Redshank 17 Avocet2 Black-tailed Godwit 67 Teal 900 Pintail 85 Marsh Harrier 1 The R
7 November 2014
Bewick's Swans
Bewick's Swans A family of 4 Bewick's Swans arrived this morning and have been in the Rushy, South Lake, Big pen and Long ground so far! By the days end 9 had been sighted. The Holden Tower Marsh Harrier 1 ( 3 on site adult female, juvenile male and juven
6 November 2014
Flock of Knot
The Zeiss Hide Knot 13 Black-tailed Godwit 242 Ruff 5 Redshank 8 Avocet 2 Ruff 5 The Rushy Ruddy Shelduck 1 Hybrid ruddy x cape shelduck 1 Hybrid Ferruginous Duck 1 Holden Tower White-fronted Goose 12 Golden Plover 300 Lapwing 1000 Dunlin 250 Tack Piece W
5 November 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Dartford Warbler seen mid-morning perched in the hedge below the hide by five observers. It moved along the Tack Piece hedge to the North. Searched for by staff for an hour but not relocated. This constitutes a first record for the site. Pere
4 November 2014
Today's sightings
Unseasonal! Both Migrant Hawker and Common Darter dragonflies are on the wing today and a Northern Wheatear was seen along the foreshore. Holden Tower White-fronted Geese 2 Golden Plover 1000 on the estuary Wigeon 350 Merlin- a female on the Tack Piece he
3 November 2014
Today's sightings
Rushy Pintail 20 and Pochard 15 plus the Ferruginous x Pochard hybrid Martin Smith Hide Stonechat female in pool Crane 2 (GCP) Pink-footed Goose juv Greylag 60 Robbie Garnett Hide Teal 350 Crane 1 (GCP) Siskin 3 in Alders with Goldfinches Holden Tower D.B
2 November 2014
Over 1000 Golden Plover
Holden Tower Great birding from here. Whitefronted Goose 11 Brent Goose 4 (flying on estuary) Barnacle Goose 206 (introduced flock) Wigeon 400 Teal 90 Shoveler 12 Pintail 45 (on long ground pool) Golden Plover 1010 Lapwing 380 Dunlin 320 (Look for Little
1 November 2014
Very mild
The Holden Tower Marsh Harrier 1 Buzzard 2 Peregrine 1 Dunlin 279 Curlew Sandpiper 1 Little Stint 1 Golden Plover 450 Lapwing 280 Curlew 60 Shelduck 90 Wigeon 500 The South Lake Greenshank 1 Black-tailed Godwit 28 Teal 220 Cormorant 18 The Zeiss Hide Spo
31 October 2014
Red Kite
The Tack Piece RED KITE 1 hunting for long period Teal 150 Wigeon 60 The Holden Tower Peregrine 1 Buzzard 2 Marsh Harrier 1 Golden Plover 200 Lapwing 450 Barnacle Goose 200 The Zeiss Hide Spotted Redshank 2 Redshank 7 Black-tailed Godwit 37 Avocet 1 Pinta
30 October 2014
More Stints
The Holden Tower Little Stint 5 Dunlin 170 Golden Plover 180 Peregrine 1 The Rushy Ferruginous x Pochard 1 Pochard 30 The Zeiss Hide Spotted Redshank 3 Avocet 1 Redshank 26 Black-tailed Godwit 106 Lapwing 109 Ruff 3 Teal 500 Jack Snipe 3 and 25 Common Sni
29 October 2014