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Today's sightings- 3 Cattle Egrets
Cattle Egrets (3) The 2 summer plumage adults were joined by a 3rd individual today that looked to be a juvenile. They are at the north end of our reserve and can be seen on a Land Rover Safari (Weather permitting) The Tack Piece Green Sandpiper 22 Redsh
2 August 2014
Today's sightings
The Rushy Dunlin 18 Snipe 7 Black-tailed Godwit 30 Avocet 6 The South Lake Dunlin 7 Ruff 4 Redshank 29 Black-tailed Godwit 132 Lapwing 169 The Tack Piece Green Sandpiper 21 Redshank 1 Avocet 8 Lapwing 6 The Summer Walkway Cuckoo 1 juvenile The Zeiss Hide
1 August 2014
Today's sightings
The Tack Piece Blue-headed Wagtail Pair feeding young Green Sandpiper 21 Redshank 2 Avocet 4 The Rushy Snipe 2 Green Sandpiper 1 Avocet 2 The Zeiss Hide Little Stint 1 Dunlin 75 Avocet 8 Snipe 7 Ruff 2 Redshank 16 Lapwing 30 The South Lake Green Sandpiper
30 July 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Redstart male Yellow Wagtail 6 among cattle Bullfinch Meadow Pipit 5 Blackcap Chiffchaff Little Grebe pair with chick on pool Dumbles edge at high tide Sanderling 6 Yellow-legged Gull 4 Curlew 70 Ringed Plover 1 Marsh Harrier moulting female
29 July 2014
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide/Top and Bottom New Piece Marsh Harrier-juvenile hunting over cut hay and ditches (seen last night also) Garganey 2 Teal 91 Snipe 17 Dunlin 64 Avocet pair with at least one chick Black-tailed Godwit 16 South Lake Ruff 3 Redshank 29 Black-tailed
28 July 2014
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece Dunlin 84 Avocet 5 + chicks Teal 30 Great Crested Grebe 1 South Lake Snipe 1 Ruff 5 Black-tailed Godwit 138 Redshank 31 Oystercatcher 2 Avocet 4 Greylag Goose 210 Gadwall 40 Teal 10 Tack Piece Green Sandpiper 27 Avocet 5 Redshank
27 July 2014
Today's sightings
The Robbie Garnett Hide Blue-headed Wagtail 1 Green Sandpiper 28 Avocet 7 Common Crane 2 The Rushy Little-ringed Plover 1 Green Sandpiper 1 Avocet 8 The Zeiss Hide Dunlin 159 Avocet 7 The South Lake Lapwing 289 Snipe 2 Dunlin 7 Ruff 5 Black-tailed Godwit
26 July 2014
Today's sightings
The Zeiss Hide 87 Dunlin 5 Snipe 8 Avocet 10 Shoveler 1 Yellow Wagtail The South Lake 3 Ruff 109 Black-tailed Godwit 28 Redshank 2 Green Sandpiper The Rushy 3 Green Sandpiper 6 Avocet The Tack Piece 2 Crane
25 July 2014
Todays Sightings
Rushy Avocet 4 adults 3 well grown young and 2 new ones. Green Sandpiper 11 Shelduck several broods. Pied Wagtail 11 Robbie Garnett Green Sandpiper 11 Little Ringed Plover 3 Crane 2 Holden Tower Yellow Legged Gull 3 Yellow Wagtail 1 (with cattle) Linnet
24 July 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Redstart-male along fence Yellow Wagtail 4 among cattle Pied Wagtail 2 Blackcap juv Whitethroat juv Tack Piece/Robbie Garnett Hide Little ringed Plover 5 Dunlin 3 Green Sandpiper 16 Avocet 5 Shelduck 16 Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece Dunlin 117 Rin
22 July 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Redstart-male along fence Chiffchaff Reed Bunting Goldcrest Pied Wagtail-5 Yellow Wagtail juvenile in dried scrape Blue-headed Wagtails x2 commuting between Dumbles and Tack Piece Kestrel 4 Buzzard 1 Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece No sightings rep
21 July 2014
Today's sightings
Top New Piece/Zeiss Hide Spotted Crake- showed twice around 1000am and again 1240pm. Pic by Martin. This bird was reported to Dave late yesterday, not sure by whom but thanks for passing on news. Reed Warbler-lots of broods being fed, easy to see Wige
20 July 2014
Today's sightings
The Tack Piece Little-ringed plover 5 Green Sandpiper 22 Common Redshank 2 Avocet 2 Pied Wagtail 17 The Zeiss Hide Common Ringed Plover 5 Little-ringed Plover 1 Dunlin 57 Ruff 2 Common Snipe 2 Common Redshank 2 Avocet 9 Shoveler 29 The Rushy Green Sandpip
19 July 2014
Today's Sightings
Great White Egret no sign yet of yesterdays bird. Rushy Avocets 4 adults, 3 large young and 2 new young. Holden Tower Little Grebe 5 ( adults and two generations of young) Peregrine 1 Robbie Garnett Hide Avocet 1 Green Sandpiper 22 Yellow Wagtail 2 Lapw
18 July 2014
Today's sightings
GREAT WHITE EGRET- seen flying past restaurant at 1015 and again N over N end of reserve at 1330. Holden Tower Redstart-2 males along the summer walkway fence Yellow Wagtail-2 among cattle Middle Point over high tide Sanderling 1 Ringed Plover 1 Dunlin 40
17 July 2014