Bank holiday Monday morning roundup
South Lake
A drake Garganey was on the wader scrape with Shoveler and Gadwall. 31 Avocet look set to start a new colony, we now have two pairs on nests and three more nest building today. 34 Black-tailed Godwit are feeding on the scrape. The Great Crested Grebes are nest building and there are plenty of gull chicks on the islands. An impressive 73 Gadwall are at the Hogarth Hide duck marsh and a Sedge Warbler is singing nest to the hide.
Garganey drake by MJMcGill
Tack Piece
Crane 3 GCP (includes 2015 chick and two GCP birds. 60 Greylag and 61 cattle on to graze for the summer.
Holden Tower
16 Avocet
Decoy Wood
A Cuckoo was singing.
Zeiss Hide
Male Garganey on the flood with 3 male and a female Teal, 7 Gadwall, 4 Shoveler, 20 Shelduck and the nesting pair of Great Black backed Gulls. 9 Avocet and 4 Lapwing.
Tommy's Loopway pens
2 Mandarin males are with the captive flock.
