Seabirds including a Leach's Petrel
Seabirds
Around 11:30am a flock of approx 62 Kittiwakes were over the Noose but all headed SW downriver, subsequently a tired looking Leach's Petrel showed up, intitally floating up until chased by gulls and was lost to view, it reappeared later, once again it headed upriver where it was lost to view. Whilst searching for this bird a Dark-bellied Brent Goose and another juvenile Kittiwake was found.
Collared Pratincole
No sign of this most welcome visitor today, it hasn't been seen since early afternoon yesterday. The bird had spent two days feeding well on wasps and hornets and had begun to range about the reserve, with any luck it managed to migrate as far south as possible on it's delayed journey to Africa.
South Lake
Ninety Black-tailed Godwit, adult Mediterranean Gull with 340 Black-headed Gulls, GBB Gull, 60 Lapwing, 70 Tufted Duck, 150 Shoveler and 120 Teal.
Top New Piece
27 Russian White-fronted Geese drinking/bathing, a drake Chiloe Wigeon hybrid among the Eurasian Wigeon, 70 Teal, 30 Shoveler and 40 Lapwing. Stonechat hunting for insects on the reeds.
Tack Piece
Two Spotted Redshank, 420 Teal and 140 Wigeon on the scrape. Skylarks and Linnets in the hollows.
Rushy Hide/Peng Observatory
17m 4f Pochard, 39 Shelduck and 11 Pintail with the Mallards, 2 Avocet on the lower pond + 17 Lapwing.
Martin Smith Hide- Snipe, 2 Cetti's Warblers and loafing Teal, Shoveler and Mallard.
Estuary Tower
Snow Goose, Ross's Goose, 2 Barnacle x Canada Goose, Barnacle x Greylag and Bar-headed x Snow hybrids among the Greylag, Canada and Barnacle Geese.
Duck Decoy
Chiffchaff.
South Finger path
Chiffchaff and Goldcrests.
Bottom New Piece
Twelve Ruff among the Canada Geese and Lapwing, Gadwall along the channel.
