I've signed up to Patch Work Challenge this year using the WWT reserve as my patch. I'll only have until August to try and see as many species as possible, but I should be able to manage 120, and hopefully a few more.
The highlights of last week were a female Goldeneye on the estuary and four Spotted Redshank amongst the waders.
Work last week mainly consisted of cutting down dangerous trees before the high winds this week. On Friday I took a load of photos of the views from all the viewing platforms, because starting on Monday, a team of tree surgeons are coming in for a few weeks to clear all trees five metres from the waters edge all around the Deep Water Lake - a massive job! I'll take some more photos after it's finished so we can see the transformation.
Yesterday I checked Sandy Water Park. There was a sizable gull flock on the grass to the east of the lake which consisted of 12 Common Gulls, three Lesser Black-backed Gulls, but no Mediterranean Gulls. One of the Black-headed Gulls had a white ring which I think means it's from Reading. On the lake there were 11 Tufted Duck (including the ringed bird from Radipole), a Pochard, three Shoveler, five Gadwall and two Little Grebes. Three Goldcrests were with a flock of Long-tailed Tits around the lake.
Today on a visit to Swansea Bay there were two Red-throated Diver and 130+ Great Crested Grebes in the bay, with c.25 Mediterranean Gulls at Mumbles with around 20 Kittiwakes passing offshore.
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