Latest Sightings
The first 30 Barnacle Geese arrived yesterday. They flew over the centre calling and then landed on the eastern merse.
Today we have the first Whooper Swan of the winter. A lone adult is feeding in the Flood Ground. There are also large flocks of Pink-footed Geese flying over the reserve and landing on the Solway mud.
Barnacle Geese: 30
Whooper Swans: 1
High Tide 11:32 9m
Whooper Pond
Mallard 160
Tufted Duck 7
Gadwall 1
Shoveler 2
Little Grebe 1 juvenile
Folly Pond
Mute Swan 2
Teal 244
Wigeon 76
Mallard 18
Shoveler 4
Lapwing 103
Snipe 5
Black-tailed Godwit 2
Cormorant 2
Teal Pond
Little Grebe 1
Gadwall 5
Mallard 4
Shoveler 2
Avenue Tower
Whooper Swan 1
Mute Swan 2 + 4 cygnets (also 1 lone cygnet)
Lapwing 11
Pied Wagtail 30+
Buzzard 1
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Pink-footed Geese 200+
Peregrine 1
Avenues & Feeders
Stock Dove
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Song Thrush
Blackbird
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Robin
Dunnock
Wren
Treecreeper
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