Curlew Sandpiper on South Lake
Image- Black-headed Gull and Common Sandpiper
Our first Curlew Sandpiper of the year kept company with four Dunlin on the South Lake wader scrape for a time today.
South Lake
Pair of Little-ringed Plover, nesting Cranes, 46 Black-tailed Godwit, 9 Avocet, 4 Oystercatcher, adult n/b plumage Mediterranean Gull with the Black-headed Gulls and a Common Sandpiper.
Tack Piece
Four Common Sandpiper, 2 Egyptian and the Snow Goose with a Greylag, 3 Avocet on the flood, a drake Wigeon, Sand Martins and Swallows over the Goose House and the singing Lesser Whitethroat also there.
Estuary Tower
Dumbles- 3 Curlew, Lapwing.
Middle Point
Two female Wheatear on the fence and the male White-spotted Bluethroat singing and showing briefly.
Estuary
10 Dunlin and 5 Ringed Plover plus 15 Shelduck on the mudflats.
Top New Piece
Pair of Redshank, nesting Crane, 17 Avocet, 50 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 drake 2 duck Shoveler, Lapwing, 2 Oystercatcher + singing Reed and Sedge Warblers. Osprey reported over S this afternoon.
