Latest Sightings - 1st April
The drake Ring-necked Duck is on the Whooper Pond again this morning, in amongst the Tufted Ducks.
The Flood Ground is the place to be today, with good numbers of wildfowl and waders feeding, Lapwing and Curlew displaying, and Black-headed Gulls squabbling.
Today's high tide is at 18:22 7.1m
Around the reserve today:
Barnacle Geese: 2500
Whooper Swans: 13
Whooper Pond
Whooper Swan 13
Mute Swan 40
Mallard 40
Tufted Duck 19
Ring-necked Duck 1♂
Wigeon 15
Gadwall 3
Oystercatcher 1
Folly Pond
Green-winged Teal 1♂
Teal 30
Wigeon 50
Mallard 10
Shoveler 2
Oystercatcher 2
Redshank 15
Black-tailed Godwit 3
Black-headed Gull 4
Teal Pond
Little Grebe 4 - one pair on a nest
Mallard 5
Gadwall 4
Tufted Duck 6
Mute Swan 2 - nest building
Oystercatcher 2 - nest scraping
Snipe 1
Peter Scott Trail
Water Rail 3
Avenue Tower
Teal 70
Wigeon 20
Shoveler 30
Mallard 3
Pintail 2
Tufted Duck 4
Shelduck 2 - possibly prospecting for nesting holes
Mute Swan 2 - on a nest
Black-headed Gull 30
Snipe 2
Lapwing 20 - displaying
Little Egret 2
Oystercatcher 2
Roe Deer 2
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Barnacle Geese
Peregrine 2
Merlin 1
Roe Deer 6
Often over the high tide:
Dunlin 3000
Knot 2000
Pintail 1000
Shelduck 3000
Red-breasted Merganser 10
Oystercatcher 500
Golden Plover 700
Grey Plover 300
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Chiffchaff
Yellowhammer
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Siskin
Linnet
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Song Thrush
Great-spotted Woodpecker
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