Latest sightings - Monday 1st October - Fantastic Mr. Fox

A crisp morning kicking off the first of the month.  It has been a good morning for mammals with clear views of Roe deer from the Peter Scott Obs and a fox sneaking around the Lochar Field.

More barnacle geese in over the weekend with good views of around 5000 on the Corner Field.

Plenty of Robins singing along the Avenues accompanied by skylarks and chiffchaffs. Also, some late flying swallows spotted feeding over the Whooper pond.

Around the reserve:

Whooper Pond
Mute Swan 2 adults 6 cygnets
Mallard 150
Tufted Duck 13
Teal 7
Wigeon 7
Canada Geese 4
Greylag Geese 1
Little Grebe 1
Moorhen 3
Curlew 32
Swallow 6
Roe deer 2

Folly Pond
Mallard 5
Teal 1200
Wigeon 500+
Shoveler 10
Lapwing 50
Curlew 50
Black-tailed Godwit 5
Snipe 2
Moorhen 2

Teal Pond
Gadwall 10
Mallard 1
Moorhen 3
Shoveler 2

Avenue Tower
Mallard 17
Teal 100+
Shoveler 2
Barnacle Geese 5,000+
Longhorn Cattle 2
Fox 1

Saltcot Merse Observatory
Pink-footed Geese 3,000+
Greylag Geese 30
Canada Geese 100
Peregrine 2
Buzzard
Mute Swan
Shelduck
Mallard
Lapwing
Oystercatcher
Curlew
Little Egret
Great Black-backed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Common Gull
Herring Gull
Hebridean Sheep 9
Merlin 1

Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Great-spotted Woodpecker
Goldcrest

Webcam

We aim to have Swan Cam and Badger Cam up and running soon.

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