Today's sightings
No sign of the Red-necked Phalarope by 0930.
Rushy Pen
Avocets- -4 broods, 10 pairs on the lower lake.
Lapwing- 3 females
Oystercatcher- pair + 2 chicks
Tack Piece
Crane 1 GCP
Green Sandpiper 5 - they may move to other scrapes to feed during the day.
Avocet 2
Oystercatcher 1
Holden Tower
Coal Tit- 4 juveniles (a scarce bird here)
Bullfinch 2
Avocet 2 pairs- one pair hatching young
Curlew c15 in the heat haze at high tide
South Lake
Black-tailed Godwit 46
Redshank 8
Avocet 4
Lapwing 2
Mediterranean Gull 2nd summer among the roosting Black-headed Gulls
Gadwall 40
Blackcap singing
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece
Garganey drake
Teal 15
Avocet 28
Gadwall 38
Cuckoo 1 singing/showing in birch tree to S of hide.
South Finger viewing screen/reedbed
Cuckoo 2 singing/showing in the taller trees
Car Park
Escaped Zebra Finch in the trees outside centre, bottom of entrance ramp.