Today's bird sightings
British Steel hide/estuary
167 black tailed godwit, 35 snipe, 153 lapwing, 15 redshank, 7 little egret, peregrine, 63 brent goose, 27 greylag goose, 30 shelduck, 145 wigeon, 17 shoveler, 190 pintail, 2 little grebe and 2 goldeneye.
Millennium wetlands
A bittern was seen flying around the millennium wetlands, on two ocassions yesterday afternoon. Today’s sightings include kingfisher, 3 water rail, 18 tufted duck, 10 pochard, 33 gadwall, 55 teal, 37 mallard, 12 snipe, 8 cormorant, 95 coot and a great spotted woodpecker.
