Neville Davies – Avocet – Goldcliff Lagoons – 28/12/2024

Quiet bird wise on the reserve today with only 336 species counted. En-route to hides – blue tit, Canada geese, chaffinch, moorhen, wren, herring gulls, magpie, robin and buzzard. Hide one – jackdaws, 117 wigeon, 31 teal, crows, blackbird, lesser black-backed gull, kingfisher flying the length of the reen and a pair of bullfinches. Hide two – 11 black-tailed godwits that flew off high at 08.39, 16 lapwing, 4 shoveler, 31 more teal, 7 swans flying past, mallards and a female marsh harrier hunting. Snipe platform – 30 more teal, 5 more wigeon, 2 more shoveler, coot, woodpigeons and a female reed bunting. Seawall – 9 oystercatchers, 17 redshank, 11 curlew, black headed gulls, 8 avocet, shelduck, 56 more wigeon and a male stonechat. 2 males and 1 female tufted ducks en-route to next hide. Hide three – 6 more shoveler, 6 more shelduck, 1 greylag and 1 starling.