Gadwall and teal numbers up
Gadwall numbers are increasing for autumn with a top numbers of 110 gadwall on the large lagoon between Ramsar & Sand martin hides in the morning. Kingfisher sightings all week at Scrape hide, Ramsar hide and lapwing hide. We had a kestrel onsite on Saturday. We were still seeing sand martins so maybe they are moving through in small numbers.
Tues 3 September
Ramsar & Sand Martin Hide: 1 cormorant 3 wood pigeons, 14 teal, 1 cattle egret, 13 coots, 46 gadwall, 1 kingfisher, 8 shovelers, 22 black-headed gulls, 8 mallards, 10 Canada geese, 1 pochard, 1 tufted duck.
Mon 2 September
Ramsar & Sand Martin Hide: 1 common sand piper
Lapwing hide: 1 coot, 1 mallard
Scrape hide: 5 mandarin ducks
Sun 1 Sept
Wetland Discovery: 4 woodpigeons, 1 blackbird, 1 blue tut, 5 long tailed tit, 5 mallards
Reedbed: 1 water rail heard squealing
Ramsar & Sand Martin Hide: 1 Cetti's warbler
Scrape hide: 4 teal, 1 kingfisher
Sat 31 August
Arun Riverlife lagoon: 37 mallards, 4 gadwalls, 3 tufted ducks, 1 carrion crow, 2 black-headed gulls, 1 coots
Pelican Cove: 1 pair mute swans with two cygnets, 1 grey wagtail
Ramsar & Sand Martin Hide: 84 gadwall, 6 shovelers, 2 teal, 4 cattle egrets, 1 kestrel fly over
Friday 30 August
Ramsar & Sand Martin Hide: c 20 sand martins, c 110 gadwall
Wet Grassland: 1 curlew (heard)
Woodland Loop: 4 moorhens, 7 blue tits, 1 Canada goose, 4 mallard, 2 great tits, 6 goldfinches, 1 blackbird, 2 long-tailed tits, 2 jackdaws, 3 chaffinch, 2 wood pigeon, 1 robin, 1 moorhen with new chicks.
Thurs 29 Aug
Large lagoon Ramsar & Sand Martin Hide: 48 gadwall, 6 teal, 3 shoveler, 11 cattle egret, 1 little egret, c 10 sand martins
Lapwing hide: 1 kingfisher
Scrape hide: 1 swallow
Willow sphere: 4 gadwall, 24 mallards, 1 dunnock
Reedbed boardwalk: 2 water rails, 1 blackbird, 2 moorhens
