Reserve Update Friday 20th May
No sign of the wood sandpiper yet this morning but visitors were get cracking views from the folly pond hide yesterday afternoon (despite the weather!)
Pair of pintail showing nicely on the flood ground and the first lapwing chicks have been spotted at a distance out on the merse from Avenue Tower. Swan family directly in front of the Peter Scott Observatory.
Today's high tide is at 12:26 8.6m
Around the reserve today:
Whooper Pond
Mallard 10
Oystercatcher 2 - nesting
Moorhen 4
Mute Swan 2 - with 7 cygnets (also using the Back Pond)
Folly Pond
Mallard 12 (plus 9 ducklings)
Oystercatcher 2
Teal Pond
Little Grebe 2 - nesting
Moorhen 2 - nesting
Avenue Tower
Mallard 8 - 6 ducklings
Pintail 2
Shelduck 2
Mute Swan 2 - on a nest
Black-headed Gull 20 - 8 nests
Lapwing 9 - nesting
Redshank 2 - nesting
Grey Heron 2
Oystercatcher 2 - nesting
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Blackcap
Whitethroat
Swallow
Sand Martin
House Martin
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Song Thrush
Great-spotted Woodpecker
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