Reserve update Monday Feb 22nd
A brighter day, and should remain dry. A good roost of 50 or so Redshank on Folly Pond currently. Yesterday the male Hen Harrier and a Short-eared Owl performed well over the merses, the Tawny Owl maintains a vigil from its box overlooking the Whooper Pond. Two Water Rails continue to confide under the Peter Scott Trail feed station
Today's high tide is at 12:15, 9.2m
Around the reserve today:
Barnacle Geese: 3500
Whooper Swans: 156
Whooper Pond
Whooper Swan 156
Mute Swan 40
Mallard 40
Tufted Duck 35
Greater Scaup ♂
Wigeon 100
Gadwall ♂
Canada Geese 13
Greylag Geese 2
Oystercatcher 2
Folly Pond
Green-winged Teal ♂
Teal 180
Wigeon 50
Mallard 10
Shoveler 13
Oystercatcher 2
Redshank 43
Black-tailed Godwit 3
Snipe 15
Curlew 100
Lapwing 70
Golden Plover 100
Roe Deer 4
Peter Scott Trail
Water Rail 2- 3
Avenue Tower
Teal 240
Wigeon 150
Shoveler 9
Mallard 5
Mute Swan 2
Little Egret 1
Lapwing 40
Oystercatcher 2
Roe Deer 5
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Barnacle Geese
Peregrine 2
Merlin 1
Hen Harrier 1♂ - seen here most days
Little Egret 4
Roe Deer 6
Often over the high tide:
Dunlin 6200
Knot 230
Pintail 1000
Shelduck 500
Red-breasted Merganser 10
Oystercatcher 500
Golden Plover 700
Grey Plover 300
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Yellowhammer
Reed Bunting
Brambling
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Siskin
Linnet
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Great-spotted Woodpecker
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