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Ducks are trickling in
Rushy Hide
Seasonal management work continues today and for the rest of the week.
A Spotted Redshank was present early morning but was heard flying toward South Lake later. A Snipe, Redshank and 2 Green Sandpiper were also seen.
Tack Piece
100+ Teal, 20 Shoveler, 30 Gadwall and 4 Wigeon on the scrape.
Holden Tower
Numbers of Yellow Wagtail among the cattle, a Peregrine on the posts and 2 Marsh Harrier viewable as the quartered the fields, Dumbles and foreshore.
Knott Hide
3 Wigeon, 15 Teal on the pill box pool, a few warblers calling in the hedges.
South Lake
24 Ruff, 26 Redshnak, 80 Black-tailed Godwit, 16 Snipe, 11 Pied Wagtail, 60 Shoveler, 40 Teal, 4 Cormorant and 2 Great Crested Grebe noted among the gulls and wildfowl.
Decoy Wood
A Jay and Buzzard noted.
Spinney Wood
Nuthatch, Treecreeper and tit flocks.
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece
2 Garganey among 300 Teal, 1 Pintail, 4 Wigeon, 40 Shoveler, 30 Gadwall, 3 Aovcet and a Black-tailed Godwit.
Bottom New Piece
160 Lapwing and a hunting juvenile Marsh Harrier (two together earlier).
