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A Great Skua was a surprise this morning, first seen over the seawall at the Top New Piece buzzing ducks before turning tail and heading out over the Dumbles to the river, making it as far up as Mid Point before turning again and flying downstream and eve
7 December 2018
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7 December 2018
Today's sightings 07/12/18
a.m. low tide Wader Lake shelduck 9 Water rail (from Paddy Fleming hide) Common snipe 2 Teal 2 Saline lagoon Teal 3 Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker (female) Great tit 8 Blue tit 6 Coal tit 2 Willow tit Bullfinch 7 Chaffinch Robin 2 Greenfinch 6 Oth
7 December 2018
Brambling and Chaffinches feeding on the Alder seed
(male Brambling photographed by Shirley Bain) 1 Brambling - sheltered lagoon 1 Shelduck - main lake 1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 1 Yellow-Legged Gull - main lake 1 Jack Snipe - wader scrape 6 Snipe - marsh, scrape 1
7 December 2018
Today's sightings
Whooper swan Mute swan Greylag Canada goose Barnacle goose Pink-footed goose Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Pintail Wigeon Teal Pochard Cormorant Coot Moorhen Great egret Little egret Black-tailed godwit Redshank (x2) Snipe (x3) Lapwing Golden plover Great bla
6 December 2018
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide The Top New Piece remains the place to be but with flocks very flighty in the wind. Totals included around 1000+ Lapwing, 23 Golden Plover, 9 Black-tailed Godwit, 150+ Dunlin (inc bird with leucistic head pattern), 15 Redshank, 18 Ruff, 27 Pi
6 December 2018
3 Shelduck on our main lake
3 Shelduck - main lake 1 Pintail - grazing marsh 1 Great White Egret - flew over heading South West 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 7 Redwing - sheltered lagoon 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital November bird highlights: Short-eared Owl, Shelduck, Goldeney
6 December 2018
Some counts and scarce birds
Mostly rain on Wednesday and light winds. A compilation of the last couple of days sightings. This mornings count produced just under 6000 Pink-footed Geese and 807 Whooper Swan. Some recent waste root crop deliveries on Top Mere have undoubtedly encourag
5 December 2018
Today's sightings
Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag goose Canada goose Pink-footed goose Barnacle goose Shoveler Mallard Pochard Pintail Teal Ringed teal Wigeon Moorhen Black-tailed godwit Dunlin Snipe Lapwing House sparrow Tree sparrow Great tit Blue tit Goldfinch Buzzard Ma
5 December 2018
Wildlife sightings - 5/12/18
Wader Lake (AM, low tide): Common snipe 3 Teal 15 Grey heron 1 Water rail (Paddy Fleming hide) 1 Saline lagoon (AM, low tide): Teal 5 Hawthorn Wood feeding station: Great-spotted woodpecker 4 (three female, one male) Nuthatch 1 Great tit 6 B
5 December 2018
2 Bittern and Goldeneye showing well
2 Bittern - main lake (N shore) 1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 2 Pintail - grazing marsh 1 Shelduck - main lake 4 Snipe - grazing marsh 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 250 Starling - flew E to roost p.m. November bird highlights: Short-eared Owl, Sh
5 December 2018
Wednesday sightings
Lapwing (MJM). Rushy Hide 43 Bewick's Swans present at dawn with many of them feeding on roots in the puddles on the flower meadow. 10+ Snipe were well camouflaged along the west shore of the lower pond with Redshank and varying numbers of Lapwing prese
5 December 2018
Wildlife sightings - 4/12/18
Wader Lake (AM, mid tide): Water rail 1 Snipe 3 Kestrel 1 (female) Saline lagoon (AM, mid tide): Snipe 1 Kingfisher (heard) Hawthorn Wood feeding station: Treecreeper 1 Nuthatch 2 Jay 1 Willow tit 1 Blue tit 8 Great tit 7 Bullfinch 2 Robin 2
4 December 2018
Great snipe sightings from most hides
23 snipe in front of the Ramsar hide on Monday. Photo: Romney Turner Nov 28 Arun Riverlife: 4 pochard, 23 tufted duck, 1 little grebe. Trumpeters Pen: 1 water rail. Scrape hide: 5 shoveler ducks, 6 teal, 2 little greb
4 December 2018
Busy Top and Bottom New Piece
Oystercatcher and Lapwing on the Big Pen lawn The Bewick's Swan 'Indri' still resides on the Big pen pond, we don't always report as it's virtually guaranteed to be present. The waders are appreciative of the mild, wet conditions as it's easier to loca
4 December 2018