Reserve Update Monday Jan 25th
Dry today so far but heavy rain forecast for today and especially tomorrow. Both avenues are passable but wellies are recommended. The Ring-necked Duck is still absent, along with a large proportion of the Tufteds, though a male Greater Scaup has taken up on the Whooper Pond, where 150 Whooper Swans attended the early feed today. Good nos. of Barnacle Geese in the fields currently, with a single leucistic bird and the (presumed) Snow Goose/Barnacle hybrid
Today's high tide is at 13:09, 9.4m
Around the reserve today:
Barnacle Geese: 6000
Whooper Swans: 150+
Whooper Pond
Whooper Swan 150
Mute Swan 50
Mallard 200
Tufted Duck 10
Greater Scaup 1 male
Wigeon 100
Gadwall 4
Canada Geese 22
Greylag Geese 2
Folly Pond
Green-winged Teal 1♂
Teal 50
Wigeon 50
Mallard 10
Shoveler 10
Peter Scott Trail
Water Rail 3
Avenue Tower
Teal 414
Wigeon 183
Shoveler 5
Mallard 35
Goosander 1♂
Greylag Goose 2
Little Egret 1
Buzzard 1
Roe Deer 2
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Barnacle Geese
Peregrine 1
Merlin 1
Hen Harrier 1♂ - seen here most days recently
Over the high tide
Dunlin 3000
Knot 2000
Pintail 1000
Shelduck 3000
Oystercatcher 500
Golden Plover 700
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Redwing
Yellowhammer
Reed Bunting
Brambling - Peter Scott Trail & Farmhouse Garden Hide
Sparrowhawk
Song Thrush
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
Siskin
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Lesser Redpoll
Great-spotted Woodpecker
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