Today's bird sightings
British Steel hide/estuary
28 brent goose, 58 greylag goose, 96 shelduck, 360 pintail, 140 wigeon, 31 gadwall, 30 teal, 15 mallard, 12 shoveler, 3 pochard, 16 tufted duck, goldeneye, 380 lapwing, 840 oystercatcher, 15 dunlin, 25 snipe, 300 black tailed godwit, bar tailed godwit, 65 curlew, 18 redshank, 11 little egret, 3 water rail, kingfisher, peregrine, buzzard and sparrowhawk.
Millennium wetlands
45 snipe, 7 water rail, 4 little grebe, 4 redpoll, 2 cetti’s warbler, 16 pochard, 59 tufted duck, 67 gadwall, 35 mallard, 11 cormorant.
Feeding station
Nuthatch, treecreeper, 5 jay, 3 bulfinch, goldcrest, 12 long tailed tit, 5 collared dove, great spotted woodpecker, reed bunting and sparrowhawk.