Recent Sightings (14th-16th Jan)
Little Grebe. Russ Myners
Millenium Wetlands
Eight snipe were spotted amongst the vegetation and scrapes on Deep Water Lake, as well as 23 Teal, 38 Tufted Ducks, 7 Shoveler, 16 Gadwall, 8 Pochard,8 Cormorant and the Ring Neck Duck. Other waterbirds include Little Grebe, Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 7 Mallard and 18 Coot.
British Steel Hide
Twenty-five Meadow Pipit have been using the Dafen Scrapes recently. Also a count of c.370 Black-tailed Godwits, c.150 Dunlin, 104 Wigeon, 49 Lapwing, 5 Curlew, 4 Redshank and 3 greenshank have been using the area. Amongst them, 58 Starling were counted, along with 5 Shoveler, 32 Tufted Duck and 2 Reed Bunting. There have also been counts of 17 Canada Geese, 6 Pochard, 2 Shelduck and 2 Spoonbills. Also seen from the hide was a Kingfisher, Sparrowhawk and a Buzzard.
