Sightings and news to week ending 27 April
21 April
Over forty singing male Sedge Warblers (picture by MJM) on site at the moment!
A drizzly start to the week on Easter Monday did little to top up water levels, the long period with no rain is having a negative impact on some of our wetland areas. Hopefully we will get a reprieve and some rain this week. Passage birds still much in evidence and arriving birds are taking up territories. Some highlights follow.
Estuary Tower
Merlin on the Dumbles fence.
Tack Piece
The long staying 2nd calendar year Spoonbill, 4 Greenshank (also visiting the Rushy), 10 Teal, 11 Wigeon, 6 Gadwall, Great Egret, 33 Shoveler, 8m, 5f Tufted Duck + Shelducks, Pied Wagtails and Barnacle Geese. A large gathering of Swallows and Sand Martins feeding over.
Rushy Hide
19 Avocet, 17m, 8f Tufted Duck, pair of Oystercatcher, Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Teal, pair of Shoveler.
South Lake
Eight Dunlin, 2 Redshank, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 70 Avocet, nesting Crane, 12 male, 9 female Tufted Duck + singing Whitethroat on the scrubby bank near Hogarth Hide.
Top New Piece
Single Ruff, 8 Redshank, 45 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Lapwing, 2 Oystercatcher, nesting Crane and Reed Bunting, Sedge and Reed Warblers singing.
