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Today's sightings
Kingfisher Hide 261 European White-fronted Goose 1 Tundra Bean Goose Peregrine male Great spotted Woodpecker 1 Chaffinch 40 Greenfinch 10 Holden Tower imm Glaucous Gull feeding in estuary channel distantly Golden Plover 500+ Lapwing 2000 Dunlin 500+ Pereg
11 February 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower 0830-0930 Tundra Bean Goose- adult arrived and settled among the Barnacle Geese. Flew off with Greylags across the estuary. Greylag Goose- 5 (3 new big, pale birds arrived and joined the 2 sometimes 3 saltmarsh wintering birds) Dark-bellied
10 February 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Seabirds A gusty day produced a few seabirds. Thanks to all for all the reports. Kittiwake- small flocks passing through from 0900 to 1.30pm with at least five heading back downriver after. Largest flock was of c50. Guillemot- one seen on th
9 February 2014
Todays Sightings
Holden Tower Barnacle Goose 140 D B Brent Goose 1 injured adult Glaucose Gull 1 2nd winter on Dumbles edge from 11.30 to 12.00 Little Stint 2 often around the cattle trough by the Holden Flash. Golden Plover 3000 Lapwing 2000 Dunlin 2000 Black Tailed Godw
8 February 2014
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower GREENLAND-WHITE FRONTED GOOSE 1 adult European White-fronted Goose 266 Barnacle goose 140 Brent Goose 1 Golden Plover 3500 Lapwing 2800 Dunlin 3100 Little Stint 2 Curlew 380 Wigeon 700 Buzzard 2 Peregrine 1 The Zeiss Hide BITTERN 1 Avocet
7 February 2014
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower 11 Grey Herons 2500 Dunlin 5090 Lapwing 2800 Golden Plover 300 Curlew 1 Brent Goose 80 Shelduck 1 Sparrowhawk 2 Buzzard The Tack Piece 81 Shoveler 2800 Wigeon 75 Pintail 600 Teal 40 Redshank 3 Ruff The Long Ground Pool 1 Little grebe 39 G
6 February 2014
Today's sightings
The Zeiss Hide Avocet 4 The Holden Tower Little Stint 2 Dunlin 2500 Golden Plover 3000 Lapwing 5000 The Tack Piece Wigeon 2800 The South Lake Oystercatcher 4 Great-crested Grebe 1
5 February 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower The tide again flooded over the Dumbles but was lower than previous two days. Thousands of birds are viewable. Peregrine 2 Dark-bellied Brent Goose 1 Barnacle Goose 10+ Canada Goose 120+ Lapwing 4000+ Dunlin 800+ Golden Plover 3000+ Pintail,
3 February 2014
Today’s sightings-Festival of Birds-Day 2
The Holden Tower GREENLAND WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 1 European White-fronted Goose 266 Dark-bellied Brent Goose 1 Barnacle Goose 140 Grey Plover 2 Oystercatcher 3 Curlew 520 Little Stint 1 Dunlin 1800 Golden Plover 2500 Lapwing 4000 Peregrine 1 Tack Piece Comm
2 February 2014
Late PM Update- Festival of Birds-Day 1
Tack Piece GREENLAND-WHITE FRONTED GOOSE 1 European White-fronted Goose 266 Peregrine 1 The Holden Tower Little Stint 2 Roe Deer- up to four seen today. The Zeiss Hide Avocet 4
1 February 2014
Today's sightings-Festival of Birds-Day 1
Holden Tower A very high tide flooded the Dumbles, this should produce some great birding as waders pick over the silt and duck utilise the floods. A dog appeared around the Holden Tower which caused disturbance for a while as it was chasing Roe Deer. 300
1 February 2014
All set for a great Festival of Birds over the weekend
Holden Tower and north end of the Reserve The White-fronted Geese were showing well this morning with 180 in front of the Holden Tower including the adult Greenland White-fronted. The 140 introduced Barnacle Goose flock also included the now resident inju
31 January 2014
Today's sightings
The Tack Piece Common Crane 6 (GCP) Doing lots of courtship displaying Lapwing 5000 Golden Plover 2400 Black-tailed Godwit 90 Redshank 30 Wigeon 600 The Holden Tower White-fronted Goose 136 The Rushy Bewick's Swan 137
29 January 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Little Stint 1 (flying around and visiting scrape) Lapwing 5000 Golden Plover 1800 Dark-bellied Brent Goose 1 Peregrine 2 (male and female with a kill) Buzzard 1 Curlew 488 Tack Piece Crane 6 GCP Black-tailed Godwit 134 Wigeon 1200 Teal 350 R
28 January 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower E. White-fronted Geese- c 100 at times with some in Tack Piece and rest in fields to N. Dark-bellied Brent Goose 1 Barnacle Goose 140 Little Stint 2 Dunlin 400 Lapwing 2000 Curlew 400 Tack Piece Black-tailed Godwit 80 Lapwing 1000 Golden Plov
27 January 2014