Today's sightings
Rushy Pen
Up to three Green Sandpiper and a new Avocet family of three chicks. A Marsh Harrier was circling at 10.20am and was seen on both Landrover safaris.
Holden Tower
Peregrine Falcon on the posts, 90+ Curlew, juvenile Redshank, 23 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Oystercatcher and three Yellow-legged Gulls and four Common Gull among the other gull species at high tide.
Top New Piece/Zeiss Hide
A flock of 53 Dunlin, 2 Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 1 Little ringed Plover, 2 Oystercatcher, 40 Aovcet, 137 Lapwing and 63 Redshank (4 juveniles and two chicks). Small numbers of Teal and a few broods of Gadwall were also present.
South Lake
Four Green Sandpiper, 3 Dunlin, 100+ Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Redshank (4 juveniles), 2 male Ruff and the breeding Avocets. 113 Gadwall with a brood of ducklings on the scrape.
Middle Point
20-30 Sand Martin lingering and feeding over the point.
