Sightings 16/09/16
A nice sunny morning around the reserve after some over night rain. There was a scattering of Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff down the avenue and couple of Grey Wagtails &Meadow Pipits flew over calling. There were 60+ Wigeon feeding out on the merse and 5 Gadwall on the Whooper Pond. Some Black-tailed Godwits are still around on the Folly as well as over 2000 Teal.
Todays High Tide is 9.3m at 12:43.
Around the reserve today:
Whooper Pond
Mute Swan 3
Little Grebe 1
Mallard 140
Cormorant 1
Gadwall 5
Folly Pond
Teal 2000
Mallard 20
Snipe 6
Shoveler 22
Moorhen 1 + 3 chicks
Ruff 3
Black-tailed Godwit C100
Greenshank 1
Lapwing 30
Grey Heron 1
Mute Swan 2
Goshawk 1 (Wed 14th)
Corner Field
Lapwing
Teal
Prince Phillip's Field
Wigeon 11
Pintail 3
Black-tailed Godwit 10
Teal Pond
Mallard 2
Gadwall 3
Moorhen 3
Avenue Tower
Mute Swan Cygnet 1
Mallard 20
Teal 30
Longhorn Cattle 3
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Great Egret 1
Canada Goose 300
Lapwing 50
Hebridean Sheep 12
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Swallow
House Martin
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldcrest
Willow Warbler
Chiffchaff
Common Whitethroat
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
Redpoll
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Song Thrush
Great-spotted Woodpecker
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Osprey Webcam
The Ospreys have now fledged and are not returning to the nest very often so we will soon be starting our blog as we follow the satellite tagged chicks on their first migration.
As October approaches we will hopefully be switching to our winter webcam showing the Whooper Pond, where some 300 Whooper Swans will spend the winter.
steven.cooper@wwt.org.uk
