A dozen Cattle Egrets
South Lake
Very attractive to the egrets today, probably due to the high winds, at least 12 Cattle Egrets present with a juvenile among them.
Hobby, 5 Green Sandpiper, 150+ Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Ruff including a juvenile, a few Redshank, flocks of Teal, Shoveler, Gadwall, Mallard and a few Tufted Duck and Pochard.
Middle Point
The Grey Paartridge again, a Grasshopper Warbler again reeling, on the Severn 2 immature Spoonbill, 15 Little Egret, juvenile Greenshank, 2 Turnstone, 7 Sanderling, 1 Knot, 93 Ringed Plover, 110+ Dunlin, 20+ Curlew, the Australian x Cape Shelduck hybrid with 130 Shelduck.
Top New Piece
Four Garganey among the dabbling Shoveler, Teal, Gadwall and Mallard (fleet to South of Zeiss Hide), Great Egret, 3 Snipe.
Four Score Ground from Kingfisher Hide
70 Lapwing on wheat stubble
Tack Piece
Common and eight Green Sandpiper, 2 Spotted Redshank, Ruff and a flock of Teal and Gadwall.
Martin Smith Hide
Two Wigeon with the Gadwall.
Knott Hide
Lesser and Common Whitethroat and juvenile Kingfisher.
