Lots of passerines

Rushy Hide

2+ Snipe in the cut reeds, 30+ each of Pintail and Pochard among the gathering duck flocks as well as a few duck hybrids including the Pochard x Ring-necked Duck, Red-crested Pochard x Pintail and Pochard x Ferruginous.

Tack Piece

250 Wigeon (see image below), 340 Teal, 37 Curlew, 2 E. White-fronted Geese and a flock of Greylag.

Holden Tower

Red Kite flew out over the Severn being mobbed by Jackdaws, 40 Redwing, 2 Stonechat at Middle Point, 14 Barnacle Geese with Greylags, male Blackcap in the hedge.

Knott Hide

20 Redwing (numbers of these thrushes are moving over the site and feeding in the hedges)

Willow Hide

6 Siskin, Redpoll, 4 Goldcrest, 7 Fieldfare, 20 Redwing and plenty of Great/Blue Tits, Robin, Dunnock, Wren and Chaffinch at the feeders.

South Lake

An increase to 321 Black-tailed Godwit plus 4 Red Knot (image below), 1 Spotted Redshank, 9 Redshank and 4 Snipe on the scrape. Lots of Shoveler, Teal and Tufted Duck on the water.

Zeiss Hide

650 Wigeon on the main channel and adjacent 'Wigeon lawns'

 

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