First Willow Warbler of the year
Willow Warbler
A Willow Warbler was in the blackthorn bushes below the Estuary Tower at lunchtime today, this row of trees has come into blossom and is attracting numerous insects. The weather in Spain and light headwinds in the UK seem to have stalled migration, this record is a little later than we have seen in recent years.
Estuary Tower
204 Russian and 3 Greenland White-fronted Geese, 2 Pink-footed Geese, 2 Little-ringed Plover, 1 Snipe around the scrape, passage of Meadow Pipits, Linnets, Herring, Lesser BB and Black-headed Gulls up the Severn, 5+ Golden Plover, 11 male and 2 female Lapwing, 2 Oystercatcher, 15 Teal, 2 Shoveler, 4 Avocet, 13 Curlew, Peregrine + 12 Skylark.
South Lake
37 Shoveler, 74 Black-tailed Godwit (relocating to feed on Top New Piece), 98 Avocet, 1 Snipe (on the beach), 2 Redshank, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Kingfisher, Little Egret, 7 Cormorant and 16 Shelduck.
Hogarth Hide
Green Sandpiper, three Chiffchaff and Blackcap singing near the bridge.
Duck Decoy
Two singing Blackcap.
Tack Piece
Spoonbill, 49 Shoveler, 5 drake Pintail, 3 Snow Geese, 96 Wigeon, a few Teal, Little-ringed Plover displaying and single Redshank with at least 7 Great Egret and 4 Little Egret in the ditches to the North.
Top New Piece
Lapwing on a nest with two more females looking, 6 Redshank (lots of display), Water Rail calling, 22 Avocet, 3 Ruff, the Black-tailed Godwit flock, 31 Teal, Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk, 47 Wigeon and a few pairs of Canada Geese.
South Finger
Singing Blackcap and three Chiffchaff.
Severn from the Estuary Tower
133 Shelduck, 3 Oystercatcher and a few Curlew on the mudflats.
Grounds
Singing Reed Bunting in the Matrix near to the Otter enclosure.
