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Spoonbill on the 'Rushy'
The second calendar year (hatched last year) Spoonbill paid a visit to the Rushy over high tide this morning, it tends to feed on the Severn estuary at low tide favouring the deeper pools and creeks south of Middle Point. It has been present in the area for a number of weeks and has formed something of a routine, if the tide is high it usually roosts on the Top New Piece, best viewed from the Zeiss Hide.
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Rushy Hide
Busy as ever with Avocets and Black-headed Gulls, a few moulting duck are lingering including Shoveler.
Tack Piece
A Whimbrel joined an Oytercatcher for a brief visit before heading back to the Severn, single Redshank, 5 Avocet, pair of Tufted Duck, 134 Shelduck and 50+ immature Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gulls roosted over high tide with 30+ Barnacle Geese and Greylag broods on the field.
Middle Point
20 Lapwing + 5 broods of young, Avocet pair with 3 young, Oystercatcher pair with 2 young + 8 further adults, 9 Curlew, 1 Grey Plover, 15 Ringed Plover, 17 Dunlin and a gathering of gulls included 4 Great Black-backed Gulls.
South Lake
54 Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Avocet, 35 Shelduck, 11 Lesser Black backed Gull, 4 Oystercatcher and 21 Gadwall on the scrape, 4 Cormorant, 3 Great Crested Grebe, drake Teal and a few Tufted Ducks on deep lake.
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece
Cuckoo and Reed Warblers heard, Spoonbill present at 0800, Little Egret, 100 Shelduck, 12 Gadwall, 8 drake Shoveler, 28 Avocet + brood of 2, 5 Redshank and a few Mallard.
