Today's sightings-very high tides/tide times and info
Tides
Over the next few days we have some very high tides forecast with three over 10 metres at Sharpness. The salt pasture and saltmarsh area know as the Dumbles should flood on Friday 20 (0851hrs), Saturday 21 (0934hrs) and Sunday 22 February (1015hrs). Times given are for Sharpness Dock so the peak at WWT Slimbridge will be just after this. Best place to view this event is from the Holden Tower or Sloane Tower but it is worth noting that the amount of water is likely to send more birds in view of the hides. Along with the rain it is all set up for a fantastic finale to the winter season.
Today's sightings
Holden Tower
Barnacle Geese 193
White-Fronted Geese 178 - in fields to the North. One adult Pink-footed Goose among them.
Wigeon 420
Tufted Duck 130
Pochard 17
Lapwing 1000
Dunlin 350
Little Stint 2
Great Black-backed Gull 11
Peregrine 1
Oystercatcher 2
Tack Piece
Crane 8
Wigeon 460
Pochard 53
Shoveler 12
Redshank 15
Black- Tailed Godwit 156
Lapwing 600
Dunlin 150
Snipe 1
Water Rail (Willow Hide)
Zeiss Hide
Canada Geese 6
Wigeon 234
Oystercatcher 2
Lapwing 1000
Teal 4
Avocet 1
Kingfisher Hide
Tufted Duck 7
Canada Geese 3
Teal 5
South Lake
Canada Geese 3
Shelduck 35
Ruddy Shelduck 1
Shoveler 14
Pochard 10
Lapwing 37
Cormorant 4
Tufted Duck 36
Great Created Grebe 1
Gadwall 4
Oystercatcher 2
