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Today's sightings
Holden Tower Merlin- female for over an hour this morning Stonechat female on Middle Point fence Little Stint 2 around scrape and visiting the Tack Piece E. White-fronted Geese-220+ Dark-bellied Brent Goose 1 Tundra Bean Goose 1 Wigeon 200 Golden Plover 3
1 March 2014
Todays Sightings
Numbers of winter migrants dropping rapidly just now. Holden Tower White-fronted Goose 219 Bean Goose 1 Barnacle Goose 126 Brent Goose 1 Dunlin 40 Little Stint 2 Lapwing 30 Peregrine 1 08.30 Merlin 1 female 12.30 Tack Piece Bewicks Swan 9 Wigeon 400 Shove
27 February 2014
Today's sightings
The Tack Piece Bewick's Swan 7 ( The only ones left now) Golden Plover 70 Black-tailed Godwit 40 Dunlin 600 Redshank 30 Wigeon 400 Common Crane 1 The Holden Tower Tundra Bean Goose 1 Brent Goose 1 White-fronted Goose 193 Common Crane 2 Little Stint 2 The
26 February 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower E White-fronted Geese 210+ far S end of Dumbles near the cross fence. Tundra Bean Goose 1 Dark-bellied Brent Goose 1 Barnacle Goose 60 Greylag 2 Tack Piece Dunlin 600 Wigeon 600 Teal 200 Little Stint 1 Crane (GCP) 1 Curlew 30 Redshank 20 G
25 February 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Peregrine 1 Dark-bellied Brent Goose 1 Barnacle Goose 60 Lapwing 9 Little Stint 2 around the scrape E. White-fronted Geese ( c170 seen but regularly commuting to fields t the N) Tundra Bean Goose 1- seen on the Dumbles briefly, see above Cett
24 February 2014
Today's sightings
More departures of wintering birds noted. At least 44 Bewick's Swan remain on site and 231 E. White-fronted Geese. The latter have been very restless today spending much of the time in fields behind hedges out of the wind. A single Tundra Bean Goose and D
23 February 2014
Today's sightings-Migration underway
The Rushy Bewick's Swan 32 left on site today The Holden Tower Tundra Bean Goose 1 Brent Goose 1 White-fronted Goose 161 Peregrine 2 The Tack Piece Golden Plover 2000 Redshank 40 Black-tailed Godwit 130 White-fronted Goose 50 The Zeiss Hide Avocet 1 Teal
22 February 2014
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE 1 White-fronted Goose 223 Barnacle Goose 80 Grey Heron 22 The Tack Piece Redshank 40 Black-tailed Godwit 130 Curlew 25 Golden Plover 1200 Dunlin 700 Lapwing 2500 Shoveler 40 Pintail 130 The Rushy Bewick's Swan 68 The Wil
21 February 2014
Todays sightings
Great birding and in the sun shine Holden Tower The Glaucose Gull was re-found some what distantly on the estuary. A female Merlin put in a brief appearance. Waders are still great around 1400 Golden Plover this morning, a total of 2000 Lapwing and arou
20 February 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Guillemot floating up and then down on the tide. Wigeon 700 estuary Pintail 70 estuary Tundra Bean Goose 1 (some internet observers think it a hybrid) European White-fronted Goose 219 Dark bellied Brent 1 Barnacle Goose 148 Golden Plover 1100
18 February 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Tundra Bean Goose 1 European White-fronted Goose 231 Little Stint 2 visiting the scrape Dunlin 800 Golden Plover 3000 Lapwing 2000 Greylag 4 Dark-bellied Brent 1 Glaucous Gull 1 flew downriver early afternoon Wigeon 1500 Curlew 408 Bewick's
16 February 2014
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower Glaucous Gull 1 2nd winter upper estuary Tundra Bean Goose 1 White-fronted Goose 230 Barnacle Goose 100 Brent Goose 1 Little Stint 1 Dunlin 2200 Golden Plover 2500 Lapwing 5000 Curlew 250 Peregrine 1 Sparrowhawk 1 The Tack Piece Shoveler
15 February 2014
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower RAZORBILL 1 Seen several times flying around the estuary. GLAUCOUS GULL 1 2nd winter TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE 1 European White-fronted Goose 237 Brent Goose 1 Little Stint 1 Dunlin 100 Peregrine 1 The Rushy Bewick's Swan 120 Pochard 294 Pintail
14 February 2014
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower COMMON GUILLEMOT 1 Floated out on the morning tide GLAUCOUS GULL 1 TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE 1 European White-fronted Goose 135 Brent Goose 1 Barnacle Goose 80 Wigeon 800 Peregrine 1 Golden Plover 3000 The Rushy GREATER SCAUP 1 Female Pochard 300
13 February 2014
Today's sightings-Lots to see
First winter female Greater Scaup on the Rushy by JSLeesWWT The Rushy Greater Scaup 1 Female Pochard 300 Pintail 120 Bewick's Swan 120 The Holden Tower Glaucous Gull 1 on the Dumbles edge Little Stint 1 Dunlin 2600 Golden Plover 2500 Curlew 300 Lapwing 2
12 February 2014