Reserve Update Friday 21st September - Whooper!
Our first Whooper Swan has turned up on the Reserve this morning. Back on Whooper Pond and ready for some food! It has been an interesting week with the storms causing a degree of havoc on Wednesday. It did however push in a Little Gull for a brief spell that day. Teal numbers continue to increase and Corner field is looking good with over 300 of them along with Mallard, Starling and Lapwing. Curlew are starting to utilise the fields behind Newfield hide so Autumn must be here!
Today's high tide is at 11:06, 7.8m
Around the reserve:
Whooper Pond
Whooper Swan 1
Mallard 32
Tufted Duck 1
Canada Geese 12
Little Grebe 1
Cormorant 2
Moorhen 1
Folly Pond
Mallard 38
Teal 332
Wigeon 10+
Shoveler 7
Black-tailed Godwit 3
Moorhen 1
Teal Pond
Mute Swan family
Mallard 1
Little Grebe 1
Moorhen 1
Avenue Tower
Mallard 17
Teal 14
Longhorn Cattle 2
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Kestrel
Osprey
Buzzard
Mute Swan
Shelduck
Mallard
Lapwing
Oystercatcher
Curlew
Little Egret
Great Black-backed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Common Gull
Herring Gull
Hebridean Sheep 9
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Great-spotted Woodpecker
Goldcrest
Webcam
Unfortunately we have been experiencing problems with our Osprey camera this year. We hope to fix the problems before next summer. At the moment, the two Osprey chicks are still around the area but they will be heading south soon.
We aim to have Swan Cam and Badger Cam up and running soon.
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