Goshawk returns
Highlights for today included
The male Goshawk returned to the Top New Piece and caught a duck.
Drake Green-winged Teal still on the Top New Piece-viewed from the Zeiss Hide
Cattle Egret once again on the South Lake islands
8 Pink-footed Geese and the Russian White-fronted Goose flock fed in the Ox Piece (look to NE beyond Tack Piece)
Tack Piece
Very busy with birds, Oystercatcher and Black-tailed Godwit joined 45 Redshank, 22 Ruff, 157 Curlew, 600 Wigeon and a scattering of Teal, Pintail and Shelduck.
Estuary Tower
14 GBB Gull, 300 Wigeon, 100+ Pintail and 2 Curlew on the foreshore.
480 Wigeon, 6 Shoveler and 8 Pintail on the scrape, 300 Lapwing and 200 Dunlin on the Dumbles.
Rushy Hide
Female Goldeneye and 85+ Bewick' Swans
