Top New Piece from Zeiss and Van de Bovenkamp Hides
Excellent for ducks today with our first two returning Pintail, four Garganey, 66 Gadwall, 388 Teal, 57 Shoveler and a variety of waders including 8 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Redshank, Greenshank, 2 Ruff (adult and juvenile) plus 3 Grey Heron.
Middle Point
Pintail on the estuary with Spoonbill and 5 Little Egrets feeding in low tide pools.
Rushy Hide
5 Snipe, 12 Teal and 2 Green Sandpiper.
Tack Piece
45 Teal, 28 Lapwing, 6 Redshank and Grey Heron.
Willow Hide
10+ Chiffchaff, 3+ Sedge Warbler, Blackcap and Common and Lesser Whitethroat.
South Lake
196 Black-tailed Godwit, 43 Lapwing, 3 juvenile Little-ringed Plover, 18 Redshank, 13 Ruff, 19 Tufted Duck, 41 Gadwall, 45 Teal, 1 Snipe, 1 Barnacle Goose, + Mallard and Greylag Geese.
Kingfisher Hide
12 Crane in the wheat stubble field, 127 Lapwing and 60 Barnacle Geese on Bottom New Piece and 12 Gadwall in the channel