Flooded Fields at last !
It looks like the drought is finally over. All the fields on trhe reserve have started to flood creating superb feeding conditions for increasing numbers of wildfowl and waders. Holden Tower and [...]
It looks like the drought is finally over. All the fields on trhe reserve have started to flood
creating superb feeding conditions for increasing numbers of wildfowl and waders.
Holden Tower and Robbie Garnett Hide.
Bewicks Swan 50
White-fronted Geese 150 (highest count so far)
Barnacle, Canada and Greylag Geese total 350
Wigeon 1100
Lapwing 700
Golden Plover 200
Dunlin 700
Ruff 3
Redshank 10
Peregrine 1
Cettis 1
Bullfinch 3
Reed Bunting 2
Martin Smith Hide
Snipe 2
Cettis Warbler 1
Rushy
Bewicks Swan 114 (last night)
Lesser Scaup 1 ad female.
Pochard 240
Tufted Duck 300
Pintail 80
Zeiss (Top and bottom New Piece fields)
Bittern 1 09.15, 25 M south of hide.
Teal 950
Wigeon 300
Lapwing 900
Golden Plover 200
Dunlin 400
Ruff 3
Redshank 1
Black Tailed Godwit 6
Curlew 25
Cettis 1
South Finger (Kingfisher Hide)
Cettis 1
Little Grebe 1
South Lake
Pochard 32
Shoveler 41
Lapwing 350
