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Today's sightings

Dumbles and Tack Piece Huge numbers of birds commuting back and forth. Lapwing 5000 Golden Plover 1000 Dunlin 700 Ruff 7 Black-tailed Godwit 48 Starling 400 Wigeon 2200 Teal 370 [...]

Dumbles and Tack Piece

Huge numbers of birds commuting back and forth.
Lapwing 5000
Golden Plover 1000
Dunlin 700
Ruff 7
Black-tailed Godwit 48
Starling 400
Wigeon 2200
Teal 370
Bewick's Swan 140 (all roosted on Rushy)
White-fronted Goose 160 (including neck collared YUM)
Greylag 180
Canada Goose 270
Barnacle Goose 130
Skylark 21
Linnet 24
Stock Dove 6
Pochard 220
Tufted Duck 180
Lesser Scaup female
Ferruginous Duck x Pochard 1

South Lake

Great Crested Grebe 1
Oystercatcher 1 (first returning bird and earliest ever unless it is a gale driven bird)
The Black-tailed Godwits often appear here c50

Zeiss Hide

Bittern seen this morning at least
Teal 400

Birdwatch Morning Event

We are now full for the 1st January Birdwatch Morning but we have another on the 8th January, details below.

 http://www.wwt.org.uk/visit-us/slimbridge/things-to-see-and-do/events-calendar/2012/01/01/birdwatching-morning/

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