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Today's sightings
Holden Tower The Dumbles @0830 Rooks and Jackdaw Greylag 2 Lapwing 250 Ruff 2 in the scrape Linnet 22 Tack Piece Wigeon 1200 E. White-fronted Goose 64 Barnacle, Canada and Grey [...]
22 November 2011
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide Black-tailed Godwit 65 Redshank 32 Dunlin 12 Teal 670 Water Rail 2 Pintail 12 Bewick's Swan 20 Plus Mallard, Wigeon, Greylag, Buzzard, Fieldfare and Cetti's Warble [...]
21 November 2011
Today's sightings WeBS Count
WeBS (Wetland Bird Survey) count Day A full count of all the wetland birds undertaken today. Wildfowl counts below. Little Grebe 4 Great Crested Grebe 1 Cormorant 25 Little Egret 3 Gre [...]
20 November 2011
Today's sightings
The Zeiss Hide BITTERN 1 MARSH HARRIER 1 Dunlin 26 Black-tailed Godwit 81 Snipe 2 Redshank 47 Teal 650 Cetti's Warbler 2 Water Rail 1 The Rushy Bewick's Swan 76 [...]
19 November 2011
Todays Sightings
Rushy Bewicks Swan 63 Pintail 75 Pochard 110 Grey Wagtail Hybrid Shelduck 1 Martin Smith Hide Snipe 6 Cettis 1 Robbie Garnett Hide Whitefronted Goose 36 Wigeon 900 Te [...]
18 November 2011
Today's sightings
Foggy conditions from 0800-0930 so limited sightings, sunny from 0930 onward. Some disturbance from hedge cutting and fixing of Zeiss roof today, sorry. Holden Tower Barnacle Goose 110 T [...]
17 November 2011
Today's sightings-Bittern
The Rushy Bewick's Swan 76 Pochard 197 Pintail 102 The Zeiss Hide BITTERN 1 showing well in reeds below hide again all afternoon. Black-tailed Godwit 107 Redshank 17 [...]
16 November 2011
Today's sightings
Holden Tower The Dumbles Brent Goose 3 juveniles Barnacle Goose 120 Canada Goose 90 Estuary Grey Plover 2 Zeiss Hide Teal 450+ Black-tailed Godwit 100 Golden Plover 40 Du [...]
15 November 2011
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Common Scoter female on estuary over high tide Great Crested Grebe 1 Grey Plover 20+ Knot 1 Plus 50 E.White-fronted Goose on the Dumbles and 2 immature Peregrine South L [...]
14 November 2011
Today's sightings-More swans
Two of the new Bewick's Swans fighting on the Rushy copyright JSLees WWT The Rushy-And Bewick's Swan update Bewick's Swan (67) At last we have had several good nights of easter [...]
13 November 2011
Todays Sightings
Rushy Bewicks Swan 17 Pochard 70 Pintail 50 Martin Smith Hide Snipe 5 Cettis Warbler 1 Holden Tower and Robbie Garnett Hide. Whitefronted Goose 46 Wigeon 400 Teal 120 L [...]
12 November 2011
More Swan and a Bittern is back
Rushy Great to see 21 Bewick Swans on the Rushy this morning including a favorite pair with a family of 5 big youngsters. (See Julias swan update for details). Tufted Duck and Pochard have inc [...]
11 November 2011
Today's sightings
Rushy Bewick's Swan 11 Pochard, Tufted Duck, Teal, Mallard, Gadwall Holden Tower Avocet 2 Grey Plover 5 Great blacked Gull 16 Zeiss Hide Chiffchaff 1 flew toward S Finger [...]
10 November 2011
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower Brent Goose 13 Short-eared Owl 2 Peregrine 2 Kestrel 1 Buzzard 2 Grey Plover 15 Golden Plover 700 Lapwing 240 Dunlin 180 Ruff 2 Rock Pipit 1 Shelduck 99 [...]
9 November 2011
Today's sightings
A rather misty start to the day so visibility not so good when we checked out the hides early this morning. It has cleared. Holden Tower Peregrine 1 White-fronted Goose 40 Tack Piece [...]
8 November 2011