Big tides, great birding...
Peng Observatory/Rushy Pen Hide
The two Little Grebe, fishing Kingfisher (favours Scott House gutters and Swan pipe), Wigeon. 10 Snipe, 6 Ruff and 70 Teal.
Robbie Garnett Hide
70 Teal.
Holden Tower
3 Yellow Wagtail among the cattle, 2 Peregrine on the edge of the Dumbles and 2 Knot and 2 Grey Plover on the mud on the incoming tide. 2 Golden Plover flew around but were reluctant to settle. 105 Curlew roosted over high tide.
South Lake
90 Lapwing, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 6 Ruff, 160 Black-tailed Godwit, 20 Redshank, 12 Snipe, 5 Pintail, 120 Shoveler and 1 Pochard. The Deep Lake held Tufted Ducks and Great Crested Grebes.
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece
Great birding over high tide
185 Wigeon grazing the lawns, 18 Pintail (also among the Shelduck on the estuary), 98 Dunlin, 2 juvenile Little Stints, 2 Grey Plover, 3 Knot, 1 Green Sandpiper, 11 Ruff, 21 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 8 Ringed Plover were on the the flood, Reed Bunting and Cetti's Warbler active in the reeds.
