Recent Sightings 22nd-25th February

Highlights - Goshawk, Yellow-legged Gull, Spoonbill, Peregrine Falcon

British Steel Hide

From The Steel Hide there has been a large gathering of Gulls recently which has included a nice Yellow-legged Gull. There is also a good selection of Waders which includes: Curlew, Black-tailed Godwits, Knot, Redshank, Greenshank and Lapwing. The Spoonbills are still showing on and off on the Saline Lagoons. On the Dafen Scrapes there is a good sized flock of Wigeon feeding on the grass with a few Black-tailed Godwits mixed in. A Buzzard was seen flying over the scrapes being mobbed along the way.

Millennium Wetlands

A Goshawk was seen taking a peregrines hard earned meal over Deep Water Lake. Nice views of a Cetti's Warbler from the Herons Wing Hide. There is a good selection of Wildfowl which includes: Shoveler, Gadwall, Pochard, Mallard, Tufted Duck and Teal. There was a Little Grebe calling from the Reeds in fornt of the Peter Scott Hide this morning.

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