Sightings, Saturday 28th Jan
Rushy
Bewick's Swan 152
Pintail 77
Pochard 45
Redshank 1
Dunlin 5
Little Stint 1
Hybrid Wigeon
Holden Tower and Hides
Whitefronted Goose 120 (flew in at 09.45)
Barnacle Goose 120
Wigeon 850
Lapwing 140
Dunlin 20
Knot 12 over the estuary.
Crane 3
Great Crested Grebe 1 on estuary.
Peregrine 1
Sparrowhawk 2
GBB Gull 22
Water Rail 1 at Willow Hide
Zeiss Hide and South Finger Hides
Great birding from here with large flocks of very mobile birds.
No sign of Bittern yet but seen on many occasions yesterday.
Whitefronts 120 from Kingfisher Hide before flying at 09.45.
Pintail 228
Wigeon 1600
Teal 500
Lapwing 1600
Golden Plover 25
Dunlin 1000
Curlew 22
Snipe 55
Water Rail 1 (Kingfisher Hide)
Little Egret 1
Fieldfare 4
South Lake
Lapwing 1600 (different flock to the 1600 at the South Finger)
Dunlin 10
Oystercatcher 1
Great Crested Grebe
Road Fields
Greylag 70
Cranes 6
