Reserve Sightings 09/09/2016
A windy start to the day with a couple of heavy showers. Plenty of birds sheltering on the Folly Pond, with over 100 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff and a single Greenshank. A few more Wigeon have arrived with 11 birds in total, as well as 400+ Teal and a handful of Shoveler and Mallard. The Great Egret was also present hunting in the Pond at the side of the Folly Field.
Today's high tide 18:01, 7.5m
Around the reserve today:
Whooper Pond
Grey Heron 1
Moorhen 2
Little Grebe 1
Gadwall 2
Mallard 11
Canada Geese 30
Cormorant 1
Folly Pond
Teal 457
Mallard 21
Snipe 7
Shoveler 13
Moorhen 1 + 3 chicks
Black-tailed Godwit 105
Wigeon 11
Ruff 2
Greenshank 1
Great Egret 1
Curlew 95
Mute Swan 2
Canada Geese 14
Teal Pond
Mute swan 2 + 7 large cygnets
Mallard 2
Moorhen 3
Avenue Tower
Mute Swan Cygnet 1
Mallard 1
Teal 3
Longhorn Cattle 3
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Canada Goose 300
Lapwing 50
Hebridean Sheep 12
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Swallow
House Martin
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldcrest
Willow Warbler
Chiffchaff
Common Whitethroat
Sedge Warbler
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Song Thrush
Great-spotted Woodpecker
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Osprey Webcam
The Ospreys have now fledged and are not returning to the nest very often so we will soon be starting our blog as we follow the satellite tagged chicks on their first migration.
As October approaches we will hopefully be switching to our winter webcam showing the Whooper Pond, where some 300 Whooper Swans will spend the winter.
rhiannon.hatfield@wwt.org.uk
