Returning Pintail
Top New Piece from Zeiss and Van de Bovenkamp Hides
Excellent for ducks today with our first two returning Pintail, four Garganey, 66 Gadwall, 388 Teal, 57 Shoveler and a variety of waders including 8 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Redshank, Greenshank, 2 Ruff (adult and juvenile) plus 3 Grey Heron.
Middle Point
Pintail on the estuary with Spoonbill and 5 Little Egrets feeding in low tide pools.
Rushy Hide
5 Snipe, 12 Teal and 2 Green Sandpiper.
Tack Piece
45 Teal, 28 Lapwing, 6 Redshank and Grey Heron.
Willow Hide
10+ Chiffchaff, 3+ Sedge Warbler, Blackcap and Common and Lesser Whitethroat.
South Lake
196 Black-tailed Godwit, 43 Lapwing, 3 juvenile Little-ringed Plover, 18 Redshank, 13 Ruff, 19 Tufted Duck, 41 Gadwall, 45 Teal, 1 Snipe, 1 Barnacle Goose, + Mallard and Greylag Geese.
Kingfisher Hide
12 Crane in the wheat stubble field, 127 Lapwing and 60 Barnacle Geese on Bottom New Piece and 12 Gadwall in the channel