Wet and windy!
The recent rains have topped up many of the pools and left standing water in many of the fields, particularly the fields around the South Finger hides and out on the Dumbles, where birds are making the most of the conditions!
Holden Tower
The Dumbles were busy with Lapwing and Shelduck this morning, with 109 of the latter dotted across the various pools and patches of water busy feeding away. Lapwing numbered around 600 with a further 200 or so Dunlin mixed in amongst them. Look out for Golden Plover later in the day. Three Bewick's Swans had left the Rushy before the feed, and were on the Dumbles and were later joined by many others as the morning progressed.
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Robbie Garnett Hide
The Tack Piece was starting to pick up this morning with a pair of Cranes present first thing along with over 100 Lapwing, and a few hundred Teal and Wigeon. A further 27 Shelduck were feeding here too.
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Zeiss Hide
A nice selection of waders spread across the scrape and the wetter patches of the field including the Spotted Redshank, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, a single Ruff, 60 Curlew, 2 Redshank, over 500 Dunlin, over 1000 Lapwing and at least 10 Snipe hiding amongst the taller vegetation. A Little Egret was seen in the Bottom New Piece.
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Kingfisher Hide
The White-fronted Geese flock were feeding in the Four Score along with a few Greylags. On the pond were 4 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe and a Water Rail. Five Curlew were feeding in the Bottom New Piece.
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South Lake Hides
Around 500 Lapwing were braced against the windy conditions this morning along with a single Redshank, 5 Snipe, 2 Black-tailed Godwits and a pair of Oystercatchers. The Great Crested Grebe was on the deep lake but many of the duck were sheltering in the trees.
