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Today's sightings
Holden Tower Redstart male with Robin along Tack Piece fence Oystercatcher 1 non-breeding plumaged bird, migrant Whimbrel 1 Dumbles edge Curlew 40 estuary Dunlin 3 Yellow-legged Gull 2 adults on estuary GBB Gull 18 South Lake Black-tailed Godwit 127 (6 ju
24 August 2014
Today's sightings
South Lake Green Sandpiper 3 Redshank 27 Spotted Redshank adult Ruff 5 (4 adults) Lapwing 230 Avocet 4 Teal 45 Top New Piece/Zeiss Hide Red Knot 1 juv Greenshank 1 juv Redshank 1 juv Ruff 6 juvs Black-tailed Godwit 11 Crane (GCP) 'Chris' Teal 365 Garganey
23 August 2014
Today's sightings
South Lake On the wader scrape Ruff 7 (4 adults) Black-tailed Godwit 124 Green Sandpiper 2 Redshank 26 Lapwing 380 Teal 51 On the deep lake Tufted Duck, Gadwall, Shoveler, Cormorant and Greylag Geese Rushy The lower western lake is busier Little-ringed Pl
22 August 2014
Today's sightings
Afternoon Safari Black Hawk and 9 Red Arrows South! Water Shrew 2 Kestrel 3 Buzzard 2 Black-tailed Godwit 20 Curlew 50 Common Crane 5 The Zeiss Hide Knot 1 juvenile Snipe 10 Ruff 6 Lapwing 180 Avocet 2 Gadwall 80 Teal 200 The South Lake Ruff 4 Snipe 6 Red
20 August 2014
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece Crane 1 (GCP-'Chris') Garganey 1+ Teal 350 Ruff 5 Dunlin 1 Snipe 3 Avocet 3 South Lake Black-tailed Godwit 140 Redshank 26 Green Sandpiper 1 Rushy Avocet 4 Green Sandpiper 8 Little ringed Plover 1 Greenshank 1
18 August 2014
Today's sightings
Rushy Glossy Ibis flew low over toward Tack Piece at 1220 Greenshank 1 juvenile Green Sandpiper 11 Lapwing 4 Teal 23 Oystercatcher 3 (last of breeding birds left on site) Greenshank, image by Martin Holden Tower Yellow Wagtail 6+ among the cattle Redstar
17 August 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Redstart-adult male and juvenile along fence Chiffchaff 2 Common Whitethroat 5 juveniles Kestrel 2 Estuary Yellow-legged Gull 1 adult Dunlin 12 Ringed Plover 14 Tack Piece Green Sandpiper 7 Common Whitethroat 1-Martin Smith Hide Sedge Warbler
16 August 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Marsh Harrier- moulting female hunting all fields around Middle Point Peregrine 1 juvenile Kestrel 2 Sparrowhawk 1 Yellow Wagtail 30 Linnet 8 Meadow Pipit 6 inc leucistic bird Estuary Dunlin 44 Ringed Plover 14 South Lake Black-tailed Godwit
15 August 2014
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower Yellow Wagtail 25 Pied Wagtail 40 Redstart 1 Yellow-legged Gull 1 Teal 230 The Tack Piece Sand Martin 300 Green Sandpiper 7 The Zeiss Hide Greenshank 1 Avocet 6 Snipe 3 The South Lake Black-tailed Godwit 120 Redshank 35 Ruff 1 Shoveler 40
14 August 2014
Todays Sightings
Holden Tower Curlew 7 Whimbrel 1 Yellow wagtail 12 Blue Headed Wagtail 2 Linnet 40 Meadow pipit 12 Greater black backed gull 18 Dunlin 26 Ringed Plover 6 Whitethroat 1 Kestrel 1 South Lake Black tailed godwit 112 Redshank 35 Ruff 2 Teal 38 Shoveller 8 C
12 August 2014
Todays Sightings
Some good high tides over the next few days 09.00 today and 10.00 tomorrow. Holden Tower Ringed Plover 5 Turnstone1 Dunlin 5 Curlew 6 GBB Gull 8 Yellow Wagtail 3 Meadow Pipit 6 Pied Wagtail 6 Sand Martin 40 Swallow 60 Green Sandpiper. Robbie Garnett Hide
11 August 2014
Todays Sightings
Rushy Ruff 2 Teal 26 Robbie Garnett Hide Green Sandpiper 6 Avocet 6 Redshank 12 Black tailed Godwit 21 Snipe 2 Pied Wagtail 7 Car Park Water Rail 1 Holden Tower Ringed Plover 2 Dunlin 6 Curlew Sandpiper 5 ( 1 ad sum plum) Curlew 6 Yellow Legged Gull 1 ad
10 August 2014
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower Yellow-legged Gull 3 Yellow Wagtail 30 Common Redstart 2 The Zeiss Hide Little Stint 1 moulting adult Dunlin 1 Avocet 4 Snipe 2 Teal 110 The South lake Ruff 7 Redshank 19 Black-tailed Godwit 126 Lapwing 250 Common Tern 3 Kingfisher 1 The
9 August 2014
Today's sightings-Baby Blue-heads
Blue-headed wagtails success After a couple of weeks watching the pair of Blue-headed Wagtail taking food into their nest on the Tack Piece, we are very pleased to announce they have fledged two young. This is the first successful breeding of this specie
8 August 2014
Today's sightings
The Zeiss Hide WOOD SANDPIPER 1 Juvenile Ruff 5 Lapwing 200 Green Sandpiper 1 Grey Heron 6 The South Lake Black-tailed Godwit 138 Ruff 3 Redshank 26 Lapwing 110 Kingfisher 1 The Holden Tower Redstart 1 The Tack Piece Yellow Wagtail 2 Green Sandpiper 21 Av
7 August 2014