The heat is building up
Another hot day and building temperatures through to the weekend.
The waders are very mobile today as they move from scrape to scrape and to the estuary and back, some counts from this morning were as follows.
South Lake
Single Black-tailed Godwit (150+ dropped in for a time), 2 Spotted Redshank, 4 Ruff, 49 Redshank, 3 Little-ringed Plover, up to 5 Lapwing and Oystercatcher. The pair of Cranes (Ruby/wild) were in the tall reeds in the duck marsh.
Rushy Hide
252 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Ruff, 6 Redshank, 3 Green Sandpiper (visiting Spotted Redshanks).
Tack Piece
Seven Green Sandpipers, a juvenile Little-ringed Plover, 2 Lapwing and a Teal.
Top New Piece
Greenshank early morning but flew to Bottom New Piece (different to estuary bird), 11 Dunlin, 2 Green Sandpiper, 50+ Lapwing.
Estuary Tower
77 Shelduck, Greenshank, 5 Dunlin, 6 Oysercatcher + 5 Black-tailed Godwit on the mudflats, a Common Tern flew upriver.
Visitor Centre
Lots of House Martin activity about the buildings and nest sites.
