Latest Sightings - 8th April - much more like Spring!
It's much more Spring-like today with Chiffchaff singing in the Peter Scott Trail and Willow Warbler singing along the Avenue.
Our pair of Mute Swans are sitting on their nest in the usual spot on the Teal Pond, and there is a second pair sitting on a nest in the Flood Ground.
With few, if any, Whooper Swans left on the reserve during the day, we have now stopped commentated feeds as the reserve team move into the busier period before the summer grazing starts.
The Ring-necked Duck is on the Teal Pond this morning, but it could make its way back to the Whooper Pond at some point.
Today's high tide is at 13:45 10.2m
Around the reserve today:
Barnacle Geese: 7000
Whooper Swans: 2
Whooper Pond
Mute Swan 5
Mallard 12
Tufted Duck 4
Oystercatcher 1 - nest scraping
Folly Pond
Whooper Swan 2
Mute Swan 1
Teal 15
Wigeon 10
Mallard 10
Shoveler 2
Shelduck 2
Oystercatcher 2
Snipe 2
Black-headed Gull 4
Teal Pond
Ring-necked Duck 1♂
Little Grebe 4 - one pair on a nest
Mallard 5
Gadwall 4
Tufted Duck 7
Mute Swan 2 - on a nest
Peter Scott Trail
Water Rail 3
Chiffchaff 2
Avenue Tower
Teal 70
Wigeon 20
Shoveler 10
Mallard 3
Pintail 4
Shelduck 2 - possibly prospecting for nesting holes
Mute Swan 2 - on a nest
Black-headed Gull 40
Snipe 2
Lapwing 20 - displaying
Little Egret 1
Oystercatcher 2
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Barnacle Geese
Peregrine 2
Merlin 1
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
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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