Latest Sightings - 29th October - Autumnwatch on site and setting up!
It's very busy around the site now, with huge broadcasting trucks in the yard, miles of cabling being laid and a studio to dress.
The BBC Autumnwatch presenters were on site yesterday filming some short pieces in advance of the live shows starting on Monday.
The high tides have been good recently and we should be set for another good one today. Yesterday saw 3000 Shelduck, 300 Pintail, a distant raft of Common Scoter, 2000 Dunlin, 1000 Knot and 700 Golden Plover moving over the rising water.
The tide last night covered most of the merse leaving huge flooded areas where ducks are now feeding, 570 Pintail among others.
Today's high tide is at 13:10 10m
With a south westerly wind behind it, this should be quite a spectacle and it's worth getting to the Saltcot Merse Observatory around 11am to get the full experience.
Around the reserve today:
Barnacle Geese: 12000 - including 3 leucistic (white) Barnacles & 1 Snow Goose
Whooper Swans: 43
Whooper Pond
Whooper Swan 43
Mute Swan 20
Mallard 90
Tufted Duck 30
Wigeon 30
Gadwall 2 ♂
Little Grebe 1 juv
Folly Pond
Green-winged Teal 1♂
Teal 100
Wigeon 200
Mallard 20
Shoveler 12
Lapwing 20
Redshank 12
Avenue Tower
Flood Ground:
Teal 139
Wigeon 32
Pintail 1♂
Grey Heron 1
Merse:
Pintail 570
Wigeon 300
Teal 500
Saltcot Merse Observatory - Come here for high tide 11am - 1pm
Peregrine 1
Merlin 1
Kestrel 1
Barnacle Geese
Peter Scott Trail
Water Rail 1
Back Pond Hide
Kingfisher 1
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Swallow - 1 very late, over the yard
Redwing
Fieldfare
Reed Bunting
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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