A bright and busy day
Its a glorious sunny morning here over the reserve, and the birds are equally delightful too. Star bird of the morning is a Lapland Bunting seen foraging amongst the wader flock around the edge of the scrape on The Dumbles. The bird was last seen shortly before 9am when it flushed with the wader flock.
Rushy Hide & Peng Observatory
We've had some arrivals over the last 24 hours including Maisie, our satellite tagged bird you can follow online through the Flight of the Swans website. Check out the progress of the other swans here. Also new were two families, one with three cygnets with parents Creme and Brulee and another family of two cygnets with parents Chapeau and Chapellerie. It brings the total birds present this morning to 59. Why not join us for the Swan Feed later today at 4pm?
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Holden Tower
Around 1000 Wigeon were on the scrape on The Dumbles this morning along with the Little Stint, over 500 Lapwing, 284 Dunlin, 4 Shelduck and 82 Golden Plover. Eight Bewick's Swans were further out on the floodwater whilst on the Tack Piece were 8 White-fronted Geese and 6 Cranes amongst the Canada and Greylag flock. The Tack Piece is starting to come alive for the winter with a large flock of Lapwing, Dunlin and Golden Plover also present this morning.
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Kingfisher Hide
Another great place to head for today with a lovely mixed wader flock feeding on the Bottom New Piece. Look out for Redshank, Lapwing, Dunlin, Golden Plover, Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff and Snipe all feeding together across the field.
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South Lake Hides
A great collection of duck on the deep lake including Pochard, Shoveler, Tufted Duck, Teal, Mallard and Gadwall. Two Cranes were also present this morning but headed off east.
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