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Today's sightings
Holden Tower Lapwing 20 Golden Plover 7 (larger flock reported in flight) Greylag 30 Pied Wagtail 9 Redshank 5 Ruff 5 Avocet 2 Chiffchaff 1 Skylark 2 Peregrine 1 Cetti's Warbler 1 singing Reed Bunting 1 singing Tack Piece E.White-fronted Geese 2 Crane 5 (
17 March 2015
Surprise Bittern
Holden Tower Dunlin 2 Lapwing 20 Greylag 32 Oystercatcher 2 Bullfinch pair Chiffchaff 1 Mandarin pair Tack Piece Crane 3 Zeiss Hide Avocet 21 Oystercatcher 4 Black-tailed Godwit 100 Snipe 20 came up from the field Van de Bovenkamp Hide Bittern showed at
16 March 2015
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Around twenty Lapwing on territory and up to 60 Golden Plover occasionally being hassled by them. Some of the latter are sporting the black fronted breeding plumage. A single Little Stint is among the 20 Dunlin on the floods. A Chiffchaff and
15 March 2015
Today's sightings
The Zeiss Hide Avocet 17 (23 on site) Dunlin 5 Redshank 10 Black-tailed Godwit 120 Wigeon 200 Grey Heron 1 The Rushy Avocet 4 Pintail 148 The Tack Piece Crane 4 White-fronted Goose 2 Wigeon 200 The Holden Tower Marsh Harrier 1 Avocet 2 The South Lake Blac
14 March 2015
Avocets everywhere!
At least 19 Avocets on site, most are nest scraping and some have been seen mating. The South Lake Avocet 10 Redshank 3 Lapwing 20 Shoveler 24 Teal 30 Great-crested Grebe 2 The Rushy Avocet 2 Black-tailed Godwit 5 Pintail 110 The Holden Tower Avocet 2 Oys
13 March 2015
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The Car Park Chiffchaff 1 The Zeiss Hide Avocet 12 Redshank 7 Dunlin 3 Black-tailed Godwit 80 The South Finger Barn Owl 1 Reed Bunting 1 Cetti's Warbler 1 The Rushy Pintail 148 The Holden Tower Peregrine 1 Buzzard 1 Skylark 2 Pied Wagtail 14
12 March 2015
What a lovely spring day, perfect for raptors
Holden Tower Merlin female hunting spartina island and Dumbles Peregrine 1 female Buzzard 1 Marsh Harrier 1 Sparrowhawk 2 Kestrel 2 Barn Owl 1 Golden Plover 181 Lapwing 63 (of which 23 are territorial) Avocet up to 9 Little Stint 4 Dunlin 37 Shelduck 45 C
10 March 2015
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Barn Owl distantly hunting over seawall to S Golden Plover 54 Dunlin c30 Pied Wagtail 10+ Meadow Pipit 10+ Skylark 8+ Lapwing 40+ nest scraping/displaying Oystercatcher 3 pairs (estuary, Dumbles scrape and adjacent pool) Wigeon 90 Tack Piece
9 March 2015
A little bit of of Spring and winter
Holden Tower Peregrine Golden Plover 45 Grey Plover 1 on the Dumbles with Lapwing, also seen in the Top New Piece Dunlin 40 Lapwing 40 (lots of display/scraping) Redshank 1 Barnacle Geese 60 GBB Gull 5 Marsh Harrier 1 Stonechat 1 Barn Owl 1 hunting the Bo
8 March 2015
More Avocets
Duck hut Chiffchaff 2 singing males The Zeiss Hide Now 18 Avocets Teal 20 Grey Heron 1 The kingfisher Hide Barn Owl 1 Martin Smith Hide Common Crane 1 pair nest building The Tack Piece Common Crane 6 Wigeon 150 Shoveler 20 White-fronted Goose 2 The South
7 March 2015
Avocets and Cranes
Zeiss Hide Redshank 4 Avocet 8 Oystercatcher 4 Holden Tower Wigeon 260 Tufted Duck 89 Little Grebe 1 Great Crested Grebe 1 on estuary. Dunlin 40 Peregrine 1 Oystercatcher 8 Reed Bunting 2 Stonechat 1 (cross fence to north) Martin Smith Hide Wigeon 350 Bla
6 March 2015
Winter birds gone spring birds in..
The Zeiss Hide Avocet 14 (16 on site ) Redshank 7 Wigeon 200 Teal 20 Barn Owl 1 The Rushy Pintail 220 The Tack Piece Common Crane 2 Wigeon 190 Black-tailed Godwit 150 The South Lake Oystercatcher 4 Holden Tower Oystercatcher 4 Golden Plover 75 Dunlin 80 A
5 March 2015
Swans have gone!
The Rushy Avocet 2 Pintail 150 The Kingfisher Hide Barn Owl 1 The Tack Piece Pink-footed Goose 2 White-fronted Goose 78 Crane 2 Wigeon 150 Shoveler 20 Black-tailed Godwit 150 The Zeiss Hide Avocet 2 The Wilow Hide Great-spotted Woodpecker 1 Water Rail 1
4 March 2015
Today's sightings
Hide round between 0815-0915 Holden Tower Wigeon 90 Shelduck 110 Golden Plover 60 Lapwing 60 Dunlin 140 Curlew 20 Bewick's Swan Tack Piece E. White-fronted Goose 175 Pink-footed Goose 1 Wigeon 200 Black-tailed Godwit 149 Bewick's Swan 4 South Lake Oysterc
3 March 2015
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Shelduck 89 (Dumbles/estuary at low tide) Wigeon 80 Golden Plover 80 Lapwing 200 Dunlin 40 Pied Wagtail 2 Tack Piece E. White-fronted Goose 177 Pink-footed Goose 1 adult Wigeon 200 Teal 110 Bewick's Swan 12 Shoveler 30 Pochard 60 Rushy Bewick
2 March 2015