A small flock of Knot were on the wader scrape briefly this morning but flew off leaving behind a flock of 135 Black-tailed Godwit huddled up against the driving rain. Also present were 125 Lapwing, 5 Redshank and 40+ Shoveler. The deep lake held a flock of Tufted Duck along with 41 Pochard. Also present were 11 Cormorant, a Grey Heron and a Little Grebe.
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The Top New Piece is littered with birds this morning feeding everywhere with the wet ground. Hundreds of Wigeon and Teal were scattered across the field along with 800+ Lapwing, at least 95 Snipe out in the open along with 9 Ruff, 6 Dunlin and 71 Black-tailed Godwit.
Update: The Bittern was seen just before lunchtime today, and then again mid-afternoon but had moved to the Van de Bovenkamp Hide.
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The Bottom New Piece was also busy with at least 150 Teal, 400+ Lapwing, 46+ Golden Plover. Several Redshank and Ruff were feedign across the field and more Snipe were hidden amongst the Lapwing around the scrape.