Caspian Gull
A second calendar year Caspian Gull graced the South Lake early afternoon, it arrived with over fifty second calendar year Herring Gulls, it favoured the causeway and rail/fences but also flew off toward the fields. A good find by I.Stewart. Image by MJMcGill, bird with wings open showing the underwing pattern.
South Lake
A pair each of Great Crested and Little Grebe, 132 Black-headed Gull, the majority thankfully back in the colony after abandonment in last two weeks, 74 Avocet, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Oystercatcher, 14 Teal, 4 Shoveler, 9 Shelduck, the roaming Common Tern fed here this afternoon and two Cattle Egret dropped in.
Top New Piece
Two Ruff, Snipe, 42 Avocet, 122 Black-tailed Godwit, Great and Little Egret, 27 Teal, 4 Gadwall, 9 Shoveler, 2 Little Grebe, 24 Shelduck, a pair of Cranes, singing Sedge Warbler below Zeiss Hide.
Kingfisher Hide and South Finger
Lots of singing Reed and Sedge Warbler.
Rushy Hide
A pair of Little-ringed Plover (nest in protective cage), a pair of nesting Cranes, 9 Teal, 2 female Wigeon + the Chiloe Wigeon hybrid, 21 Avocet, a pair of Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank and 14 Tufted Duck.
Tack Piece
Great Egret and 3 Little Egret early morning, 12 Shoveler, drake Pintail, f Wigeon, Common Sandpiper, Avocet, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Teal, 19 Shelduck, 3 Gadwall.
Estuary Tower
Three Grey Plover, four Bar-tailed Godwit, Ringed Plover and Dunlin, 5 Curlew on foreshore at high tide, 24 Avocet drake Wigeon,2 Peregrine, 92 Shelduck, 6 Oystercatcher, 11 Lapwing, 5 Shoveler, 14 Teal, 22 Canada and 11 Greylag
