Sightings for the last few days

Thursday 19 October

Tack Piece

350 Wigeon, 200 Teal and 10 Pintail with more birds arriving for the day.

Rushy Hide

Four Spotted Redshank, 13 Pintail, 2 Pochard, 5 Redshank, 16 Snipe + Teal, Mallard and Tufted Ducks

South Lake

20 Pochard, Great Crested Grebe, 70 Black-tailed Godwit and 6 Snipe among the flocks of ducks.

Estuary Tower

Single Swallow feeding over the Lower Dumbles this morning, notable now due to being late in the season + 400+ Golden Plover flying over the Severn trying to settle. Lesser White-fronted Goose with Canada Geese on the Dumbles saltmarsh+ juvenile Peregrine, Marsh Harrier. In the morning two adult Peregrine, 87 Dunlin and 3 Ruff on Dumbles, flocks of small waders on the Severn on flood tide include 9 Ringed Plover. 43 Pintail, 38 Wigeon + 4 Greenfinch South. 9 Russian White-fronted Geese on lower Dumbles flew to Tack Piece, 16 and 60 Lapwing on the flood puddles and scrape, Great Egret on Tack Piece briefly + Kingfisher, Fieldfare, Redwing, Meadow Pipit, and Siskin fly-bys/overs.

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Wednesday 18 October

South Finger

A Hawfinch just flew over Kingfisher Hide heading for the Spinney Wood.

Middle Point

2 Little Stint and 6 Ringed Plover among the Dunlin flock as the tide ebbed. 9 Russian White-fronted Geese settled on Tack Piece.

South Lake

79 Black-tailed Godwit, 13 Ruff, 15 Pochard, 32 Shoveler, 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls, 250+ Teal and 33 Shelduck. Top New Piece- Goshawk, Ruff, flock of Golden Plover, 9 Shoveler and 150+ Teal.

Grounds

70 Redwing low over the grounds + Siskins and Redpolls over.

Rushy Hide

6 Ruff, 4 Spotted Redshank, 5 Redshank, 74 Black-tailed Godwit, 70 Lapwing, 2 Dunlin and 6 Snipe, 21 Pintail among the Teal and Mallard.

Tack Piece

300+ Wigeon, 9 Pintail, 200+ Teal, 13 Curlew, 200 Greylag.

Middle Point

A few Siskins over, 60 Fieldfare on North side of Tack Piece and roaming the hedges, 14 Cranes on the sands and flying across to Awre to feed.

Estuary Tower

Party of 5 adult Russian White-fronted Geese on the Dumbles but now on the Tack Piece, also a pair with a juvenile but flew off. 32 Lapwing + Ross's Goose, Snow x Bar-headed (reminiscent of Blue phase Snow), two Barnacle x Canada (reminiscent of small race Canada).

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Tuesday 17 October

The Dumbles

Pectoral Sandpiper heard calling from Zeiss Hide and seen in flight with Lapwings appears to have dropped into the saltpan at South end of Dumbles. Pale brown large falcon hunting over estuary

Female Merlin flew high over Severn downriver.

Top New Piece

Great Crested Grebe settled briefly to evade a falcon, Marsh Harrier through early morning, 12 Ruff, and a flock Dunlin on the flood but flushed by raptors, majority of the Teal on the fleet.

Estuary Tower

12 Siskin over SW, the 4 Russian White-fronted Geese are back on the Dumbles, the over summering Pink-footed Goose among Canada Geese on Lower Dumbles. Four Great Egret touched down but eventually flew N, 15 Fieldfare, Redwing, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Siskin, Redpoll over or in the bushes.

Rushy Hide

Three Spotted Redshank, 10 Pintail, 9 Snipe, 3 Redshank, 3 Black-tailed Godwit. Two Great Egret flew over mid morning.

Middle Point

260 Golden Plover, 3 Snipe over, 7 late Ringed Plover on the sands, a few flocks of Dunlin. 29 Wigeon, 2 Pintail, Avocet, 17 Cranes on the Severn sands and shore, latter have dispersed inland

Tack Piece

375 Wigeon and 10 Pintail among the Teal and Shoveler + 8 Curlew.

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