22 species of wader today
The very high tide pushed all the small waders off the saltmarsh shelf where they moved to the Top New Piece. The larger, longer legged waders roosted up on the Dumbles on the edge or fed in the grassland areas and pools. A flock of 17 terns either Arctic or Common flew over the car park and headed SW at 0800.
Holden Tower/Dumbles/estuary
Curlew 300
Whimbrel 1
Bar-tailed Godwit 1
Red Knot 2
Dunlin 70
Ringed Plover 30
Turnstone (also in TNP)
Sanderling 1 (also in TNP)
Stint sp or small wader seen briefly mostly in flight
Arctic Tern 1st winter
Oystercatcher 6
Yellow Wagtail 30
Common Sandpiper
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece
Ruff 5 (also on Dumbles)
Greenshank 1
Spotted Redshank 1
Redshank 2
Lapwing 220
Dunlin 28
Ringed Plover 18
Green Sandpiper 3
Teal 300
Rushy
Wood Sandpiper 1
Green Sandpiper 5
Black-tailed Godwit 35
South Lake
Long-billed Dowitcher 1
Black-tailed Godwit 170
Redshank 70
