Mid March Sunday
Spring migrants
The male Wheatear was again the fields adjacent to the canal. A Red Kite flew over the car park and Rushy towards the Dumbles.
Glossy Ibis
Still feeding in the canal and roadside fields.
South Lake
Adult Mediterranean Gull favouring the North causeway, 5 Common, 240 Black-headed and 23 Herring Gull, a pair of Goldeneye, only 12 Pochard, Great C Grebe, 96 Avocet, 514 Black-tailed Godwit.
Top New Piece
Two Ruff, 51 Dunlin, 15 Canada + 10 Greylag Geese, 110 Wigeon, 20 Teal, 140 Starling + 21 Lapwing in the rushes.
Estuary Tower
On the estuary early morning- 15 Russian White-fronted Geese, 10 Raven, 76 Carrion Crow, 179 Shelduck, 11 Curlew and a pair Peregrine.
On the Dumbles-179 Russian White-fronted Geese, 2 Pink-footed Geese, 5 Greylag, male Stonechat on the seawall weeds, a pair of Pintail, 140 roaming Starling (also in TNP) and 21 Lapwing.
Rushy Hide
No Bewick's Swans but 14 Avocet early morning, 7 moved to South Lake, Mandarin, 40 Pintail.
Tack Piece
Three Snow Geese, 15 Curlew, 210 Wigeon including the leucistic female, 8 Shoveler and two Greenland White-fronted Geese with the Barnacle Geese + single Ross's Goose.
Pill Box Pool/Knott Hide
70 Wigeon, 5 Gadwall, Little Grebe, 3 singing Chiffchaff.
Duck Decoy
Two Chiffchaff.
Grounds
Two Chiffchaff
Car Park
2-3 Chiffchaff.
Hogarth Hide Bridge and Sanderson bridge (near Discovery Hide)
Mixed flock of Siskin, Lesser Redpoll, Chaffinch and Goldfinch.
