30 Ruff
South Lake
The juvenile Common Tern still visiting the lake and scrape. On the deep lake the Great Crested Grebe youngster continues to beg for food but should be finding it's own fish now, only one parent seems to be present, perhaps the other has had enough. Eight Cormorants and loafing ducks including Tufted Duck, Gadwall, Shoveler, Teal and Mallard are in the bushes or along the causeway beach.
The wader scrape is busy with a juvenile Greenshank, (brief Spotted Redshank), 3 Little-ringed Plover, 27 Ruff (30 on site today), 30 Redshank, 140 Black-tailed Godwit, 14 Lapwing, 5 Avocet and a Snipe. The Crane family (Bart/Ruby + both juveniles) have all relocated to the canal fields.
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece
1 Avocet, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, a Greenshank, 2 Redshank, 30 Gadwall, 289 Lapwing, a Little Egret, eclipse adult Garganey and 200+ Teal on the flood and fields.
Rushy Hide
3 Ruff, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Little-ringed Plover, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Snipe, Little Grebe and 10 Gadwall among the highlights. The Spotted Redshank also spent time here.
Tack Piece
The juvenile Spotted Redshank (on and off), 3 Black-tailed Godwit and flock of Teal.
Middle Point/Dumbles
Distant flock of small waders before the tide. 70 Curlew, 90 Shelduck, Peregrine, Kestrel, 21+ Yellow Wagtail among cattle, 9 Avocet until the tide came in.
