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 grebes, 2 gadwall, 1 pochards, 1 kingfisher.

Sand martin hide: 16 shelducks, 11 gadwall, 2 shoveler ducks.

Ramsar hide: 35 snipe.

Lost reedbed:  marsh harriers

 

Nov 29

Arun Riverlife: 26 tufted ducks, 1 pochard, 2 shoveler, 2 little egret.

Woodland Loop: great spotted wqoodpecker/

Trumpeters pen: 2 water rail/.

Scrape hide: 6 shoveller ducks, 1 teal.

Sand martn hide: 5 gadwall, 4 teal, 5 shelducks, 2 shovelerducks.

Ramsar hide: 1 red kite, 1 little egret.

Lost reedbed:  marsh harriers

 

Nov 30

Arun Riverlife: 22 tufted ducks.

Sand martin hide: 12 shelducks, 5 snipe, 1 teal, 10 shoveler ducks.

Scrape hide: 1 water rail, 1 little grebe.

Lost reedbed:  marsh harriers

 

Dec 1

Arun Riverlife: 28 tufted ducks, 2 pochard.

Ramsar hide/sand martin hide: 4 shoverle, 13 tufted ducks, 25 teal, 10 gadwall, 11 pochards, 2 shelducks

Opposite Wildlife Garden:  kingfisher

Scrape hide: 2 mandarin, 1 little grebe, 1 water rail.

 

Dec 2

Lapwing hide: 7 snipe.

Ramsar hide: 15 snipe, 19 teal, 1 little grebe.

Scrape hide: 11 teal, 1 kingfisher.

Reedbed: 1 great spotted woodpecker

Black rabbit triangle: common frog

Wetlands Discovery: 2 barn owls (closing)

Lost reedbed: flocks of redwing & fieldfare, 8 marsh harriers (roost)

 

Dec 3

Ramsar hide: 23 snipe, 1 little egret, 100 common gulls, gadwall, tufted ducks.

Lapwing hide: 10 snipe, 1 kestrel, 80 lapwing heading up the valley

Scrape hide: a chiffchaff, a great spotted woodpecker, a  gadwall

 

Dec 4

Wetlands Discovery (boats):  1 kingfishers

Ramsar hide: 5 teal, 4 snipe, kingfisher

Lapwing hide: 1 grey heron, snipe.

Sand martin hide: 10 shelducks, 32 teal, 9 pochard, 4 gadwall, 5 shoveler.

Long path ditch: Great spotted woodpecker

Scrape hide: water rail, 1 little grebe.

Arun Riverlife: 4 tufted ducks, 1 little egret.

 

 

 

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