Water levels on the up
Another night of rain kept the levels up, the wader flocks remained on site with some moving to the estuary.
Rushy Pen
A juvenile Little-ringed Plover, 2 Redshank, 40 Black-tailed Godwit and up to 15 Green Sandpiper on the lower pond today.
Tack Piece
Three Green Sandpiper and three Little-ringed Plover (adult and two juveniles). Two Sedge Warbler joined two Reed Warbler in the reeds/fenceline, by the end of the day that it seems that a fall or local movement of the former species had occurred, I noted 20+ juveniles about the site.
South Lake
At least six Ruff, 70+ Black-tailed Godwit, 40+ Redshank, 40+ Lapwing and a couple of Oystercatcher were on the scrape. A few Teal, Shoveler and Gadwall were also among the ducks species. On the deeper lake a couple of Wigeon and a Pochard were seen. The gull flock is building up again, a nice adult Mediterranean Gull was among them. The Crane family continued to show well today.
Mediterranean Gull from Hogarth Hide
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece
A single Greenshank was about with a flock of c30 Avocet, c40 Dunlin and Black-tailed Godwits and Lapwing.
Middle Point
The adult Mediterranean Gull (same as above) was on the mudflats north of the viewpoint with two juveniles, a Turnstone, two Dunlin (adult and juvenile), 26 Avocet and an adult Yellow-legged Gull were among the Black-headed Gulls, Shelduck and Curlew.
