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Stilt still here and the last Avocets fledge

The male Black-winged Stilt remains on site

Rushy Hide/Peng Observatory

The male Black-winged Stilt returned to the lower pond after a sojourn elsewhere, the darker markings on the head are fading so it's looking whiter headed. Other waders coming and going included a Spotted Redshank or two, male Ruff, 129 Black-tailed Godwits, Green Sandpiper and the last of our Avocet families have fledged, none were present early morning.

South Lake/Hogarth Hide

Grey Heron stalking a brood of 2 Tufted Duck but they have formed a crèche on the deeper channel with the Gadwall, Coot, Moorhen and Mallard broods and are fending it off. The Crane family are feeding in the Duck Marsh.

South Lake/Discovery Hide

Male Ruff, 2 Spotted Redshank and 38 Redshank but they mostly moved to the Rushy, 85 Black-tailed Godwit (includes a colour ringed bird), 7 Little-ringed Plover (3 juveniles), 6 Oystercatcher, 3 Lapwing and 2 Green Sandpiper on the wader scrape,

Tack Piece

10 Green Sandpiper, 7 Lapwing, juvenile Redshank and a Black-tailed Godwit.

Top New Piece

Green Sandpiper, 8 Lapwing, 24 Teal, a few broods of Gadwall and a Little Grebe.

Estuary Tower

Greenshank feeding in the middle of the estuary on a tidal pool, 80+ Avocet, 92 Curlew, 70+ Shelduck, 10 Black-tailed Godwit and 6 Oystercatcher on the mudflats.

Middle Point/Summer Walkway

Lots of fledged juv Reed Bunting and Warbler, Great Tits and Chiffchaffs

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