Sightings for the week ending 22 December 2024
A running daily list of sightings for the week ending the 22 December.
Monday 16 December
Kingfisher Hide
On the Bottom new piece field there was 1 adult Crane with no rings calling and feeding, large flocks of Canada and Greylag geese on the bottom new piece field. On the channel in front of the hide there were 5 Gadwall, 6 Teal, 2 Little Grebe and on the four-score field, 11 Snipe.
Zeiss Hide
On one of the back scrape islands there were 7 Dunlin, 5 Ruff and 47 Lapwing. There was a Stonechat on the Willow pollards to the South and good numbers of Wigeon and Teal.
South Lake
On South Lake there were 21 Avocet, 22 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Ruff, 3 Dunlin, 3 Grey Heron, large numbers of Shoveler, Teal, Tufted Duck, Pochard, Black-headed Gull and Lapwing as well as 1 Great crested Grebe and 28 Common Gull.
Rushy Hide
At the morning feed there were 62 Bewick’s Swan and the Whooper Swan that went to feed on the Tack Piece later in the morning. There were also 40 Pochard, 250 Lapwing and 10 Dunlin.
Tack Piece
From Robbie Garnet Hide there were 26 Ruff and 68 Redshank in a flock and 6 Bewick’s swans.
Estuary Tower.
On the Dumbles there were 66 Great black-backed Gulls, 380 Curlew, 419 Wigeon on the scrape with c100 Teal and a Little Stint feeding on the central island. On the river there were c100 Pintail.
