A summer storm
The heat wave has taken a break as a summer storm blew up with heavy showers at times.
Rushy Hide
Juvenile Wood Sandpiper and a juvenile Black-tailed Godwit (likely to be limosa) the highlights but Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper and a Snipe also seen. Oystercatcher and Lapwing on the top pond islands. A party of Yellow Wagtail came in during the day, likely to be from the Tack Piece (cattle herd). The Crane family were seen.
Tack Piece
Common Sandpiper on the scrape with 5 Lapwing.
Holden Tower
Peregrine and Marsh Harrier early morning, 40+ Curlew over the tide with 6 feeding on the newly cut hay areas. At least 19 Great Black-backed Gull roosted over high tide.
Middle Point
Yellow-legged Gull, 11 Whimbrel (8 juveniles), 20+ Curlew and 40+ Shelduck.
South Lake
12 Ruff, Common Sandpiper, 30+ Redshank, 140+ Black-tailed Godwit, 33 Dunlin, 10 Lapwing and an Oystercatcher seen on the wader scrape. 200 Black-headed Gull, Common Gull and a few Lesser-black-backed Gulls. Two juvenile Great Crested Grebe noted with at least one adult and a few sightings of Kingfisher. A large raft of duck were sheltering from the summer storm along the causeway including Teal and Shoveler. At least 4 Sand Martins fed over the lake.
Top New Piece/Zeiss Hide
The three breeding plumaged adult Curlew Sandpipers were still present with 70+ Dunlin, a Turnstone, Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, 4 Redshank, 15+ Avocet, 110+ Lapwing, 2+ Snipe and 30+ Black-tailed Godwit.
Bottom New Piece
The Crane family (Oakie/Sherbert + chick) and 10 Barnacle Geese feeding on the field.
