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Med Gulls and hide access update
All of our hides will be closed from Tuesday 30 June up to and including Friday 3 July.
This is under instruction from the local authority, based upon their interpretation of current government guidance. Until then the South Lake Discovery Hide, Zeiss Hide and Kingfisher Hide will be open and we will be actively managing the number of people inside to ensure everyone’s safety.
From Saturday 4 July onwards we will re-open hides where we can do so safely.
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece4 Ruff (3 breeding plumage males and a reeve), 28 Redshank, 53 Avocet, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Lapwing, 40 Teal, 2 broods of Shelduck, 2 Sand Martin, 8 Swift, a few Reed Buntings clinging to the rushes in the wind.
South Lake Discovery Hide
4 Mediterranean Gull-an adult, a 3cy (which is ringed with red ring and white characters ZHL8) and two 2cy birds one of which is very worn, also on the scrape were at least 3 Little-ringed Plover, 5 Redshank, 66 Black-tailed Godwit, 75 Avocets (total), 5 Oystercatcher, 2 Lapwing, 30+ Gadwall, 2 Cormorant, 240 Black-headed Gulls, 6 Teal
Middle Point
Flocks of Shelduck and Curlew feeding on the mudflats at low tide, plus a few Little Egret in the channels. 101 Lapwing on the Dumbles with a flock of Barnacle Geese on the saltmarsh.
Kingfisher Hide
The Kingfishers are visiting the nest bank with fish.
