Sunday October 9th update
Little change from yesterday, with Barnacle and Pink-footed Geese in profusion within the fields and on the merses. The 27 Whooper Swans remain in the Northpark stubble near the approach road-end, just over a mile away. The Great Egret continues to alternate between The Folly Pond and Saltcot Merse. 2 Redwings today in The Avenue, along with 5 or so Chiffchaff and a couple of Treecreepers. 30 Linnets enjoying the wild bird cover crop at the Avenue Tower. Oh... and wall-to-wall sunshine...
Today's high tide 18:22, 7.4m
Around the reserve today:
Barnacle Geese: 10,000 inc 2 leucistics
Whooper Swans: 27 - at the road end in stubble field
Whooper Pond
Mute Swan 2 + 7 cygnets
Mallard 180
Wigeon 30
Tufted Duck 1
Moorhen 3
Little grebe 2
Gadwall 1♂
Folly Pond
Mute Swan 2
Teal 150
Wigeon 100
Mallard 10
Shoveler 20
Moorhen 4
Great Egret 1
Teal Pond
Mallard 2
Shoveler 2
Moorhen 1
Grey Heron 1
Avenue Tower
Wigeon 35
Mallard 9
Teal 5
Shoveler 4
Mute Swan 2 + 1 cygnet
Grey Heron 1
Longhorn Cattle 3
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Barnacle Geese 6000+
Mute Swan 12
Pink footed Geese 100+
Greylag Geese 20
Canada Goose 300
Wigeon 200
Peregrine 1
Merlin 1
Hebridean Sheep 12
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Redwing
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldcrest
Chiffchaff
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
Redpoll
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Song Thrush
Great-spotted Woodpecker
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Osprey Webcam
The winter webcam is now showing the Whooper Pond. The first few Whooper Swans have already shown up and later in the winter we enjoy the superb spectacle of up to 300 of them along with a variety of wild ducks and geese at feed times - 11:00 and 14:00 daily
steven.cooper@wwt.org.uk
