Sunday 17th Sept - First Barnies!!
As predicted the first Barnacle Geese were imminent - there 121 currently in our Lochar Field, adjacent the Avenue Tower. Not quite the earliest arrival on record, but close! Winds are quite light but northerly - will there be a big fall? 400 Pintail on the tide-edge today too, along with a variety of other stuff. Two Scaup are on The Whooper Pond with seven Tufted Duck, several Willow Warblers are in The Avenue along with a Garden Warbler and a bit of an apparent movement of Goldcrests
Today's high tide is at 10:53 8.5m
Around the reserve:
Whooper Pond
Whooper Swan 1
Mute Swan 4+ 4 cygnets
Mallard 120
Gadwall 1♂
Tufted Duck 7
Scaup 2
Wigeon 3
Cormorant 1
Canada Geese 20
Moorhen 5
Folly Pond
Teal 40
Shoveler 5
Wigeon 2
Lapwing 30
Black-tailed Godwit 6
Ruff 1
Moorhen 1
House Martins - 39 nests on Farmhouse Tower (youngsters now flying)
Teal Pond
Gadwall 7
Coot 1
Moorhen 3
Avenue Tower
Barnacle Geese 121
Mallard 12
Gadwall 5
Wigeon 2
Curlew 2
Mute Swan 2 & 1 cygnet
Grey Heron 1
Peregrine 1
Brown Hare 1
Roe Deer 5
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Kestrel
Buzzard
Swallows
Skylarks
Whooper Swan 1
Mute Swan 16
Linnets - flocks of up to 60
Pink-footed Geese 9+
Canada Geese 300+
Greylag Geese 100+
Roe Deer 5
Hebridean Sheep 10
Longhorn Cattle 3
At high tide:
Shelduck 2000
Curlew 100+
Dunlin 370+
Redshank
Knot 50
Golden Plover 20+
Mixed Gulls 3000+
Barnacle goose 2 (over-summered)
Pintail 400
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Great-spotted Woodpecker
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Garden Warbler
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Osprey Webcam
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