Bar Tailed Godwit

Holden Tower

Some great birdwatching from here with birds crowding in very close to the tower to try and get out of the wind.

Whitefronted Goose 124
Redbreasted Goose 1
Wigeon 800
Teal 48
Shoveler 32
Pintail 46
Lapwing 60
Black Tailed Godwit 14o
Bar Tailed Godwit 1 at one point just 5 M from the tower.
Ruff 1
Redshank 12
Dunlin 110
Curlew 40
Avocet 4
Crane 2 in fields to north
Sand Martin 2

Knott and Willow Hides

Some very close Teal Wigeon and Black Tailed Godwits here also 2 Little Grebes and a Water rail at the feeder.

Black tailed godwit from the Knott Hide

Zeiss Hide

Wigeon 500
Avocet 20
Snipe 1
Black tailed Godwit 30
Peregrine 1

Chiffchaff and Cettis calling.

Fox 1

South Lake

Shoveler 34
Black Tailed Godwit 231 minimum total for the site today
Avocet 32
Dunlin 32
Buzzard 1
Cormorant 8
Little Grebe 1

Rushy

Avocet 4
Pochard 21
Pintail 31

Grounds

Lesser Redpoll 2 (Asian pen)

 

 

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