What was wild this weekend
Here's what our wardens saw in the morning counts this weekend:
Fri 30 Sept
Reserve: Bullfinch, grey wagtail, Canada goose, Cetti's warbler, house martin, Black-headed gull, common guull, long-tailed tit, blue tit, sedge warbler, black cap, goldfinch, mute swan, jackdaw, crow
Lapwing hide: gadwall, Canada goose
Ramsar & Sand Martin hides: gadwall, black-headed gull, Canada Geese
Scrape hide: Grey Heron, teal (45) black-headed gull, Canada Geese
Arun Riverlife: Tufted duck, black-headed gull, Canada Geese
Sat 1 Oct
Lapwing hide: Snipe (4)gadwall, shoveler, teal, Canada Geese
Ramsar & Sand martin hide: shoveler, teal, gadwal, water rail, common sand piper
Scrape hide: Grey heron, kingfisher, teal, Cetti's warbler
Arun Riverlife lagoon: grey wagtail, tufted duck, black-headed gull, Canada Geese
Reserve: Osprey, peregrine, Bullfinch, grey wagtail, Canada goose, kingfisher, Cetti's warbler, chiff chaff, black cap, chaffinch, goldfinch, green woodpecker, blue/ great/coal/ long-tailed tits.
Sun 2 Oct
Sand martin hide: snipe, shoveler, gadwall
Woodland lodge feeders: chaffinch, goldfinch, blue/great tits
Ramsar hide: teal, gadwall, shoveler, black-headed gull, Canada Geese
Scrape hide: teal, kingfisher, Cetti's warbler, gadwall
Arun Riverlife: grey wagtail, tufted duck, black-headed gull, Canada Geese