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Today's sightings
Rushy Bewick's Swan- 23 including 2 families of 2 cygnets Pochard 145 Pintail 70 Pochard x Ferruginous drake Tufted Duck 200 Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece Green-winged Teal drake (south end of flood) Teal 650 Dunlin 30 Holden Tower Golden Plover 3000+ Lapwing
17 November 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower/Tack Piece Golden Plover, Dunlin and Lapwing flocks have fluctuated troughout the day. N counts made but plover species present in the many thousands, the Dunlin in hundreds. A very low high tide this afternoon meant that not all birds came i
16 November 2014
Raptor fest!
The Zeiss Hide GOSHAWK 1 Adult female Buzzard 2 American Green-winged Teal 1 male Teal 700 Shoveler 80 Ruff 6 Dunlin 50 Black-tailed Godwit 300 Spotted Redshank 1 Water Rail 2 The Holden Tower Marsh Harrier 2 Peregrine 2 Merlin 1 Kestrel 1 Buzzard 2 Gold
15 November 2014
Floods & floods of birds!
The Holden Tower Merlin 1 Peregrine 2 Buzzard 2 Sparrowhawk 1 Golden Plover 3500 Lapwing 1800 Dunlin 1100 Fieldfare 60 Chiffchaff 3 The Zeiss Hide American Green-winged Teal 1 male Teal 1600 Shoveler 80 Wigeon 250 Black-tailed Godwit 214 (314 on site) Whi
14 November 2014
Lots of raptors
The Holden Tower Merlin 1 female Marsh Harrier 1 Buzzard 3 Kestrel 1 Peregrine 1 Golden Plover 3000 Lapwing 1600 Dunlin 900 Ruff 8 The Tack Piece Curlew 80 The Zeiss Hide Black-tailed Godwit 186 Redshank 14 Teal 1601 Wigeon 250 Shoveler 80 The Rushy Bewic
13 November 2014
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