Hi,
It has been very cold on the reserve today. The temperature has struggled to get above 5C, which felt much colder thanks to the biting south westerly wind.
The cold has not put off our visitors or our birds.
Today's highlights have included-
White-fronted goose 23
Brent goose 1000
Wigeon 1000
Golden plover 1000
Lapwing 800
Water rail 1
Hen harrier 2
Marsh harrier 1
Peregrine 2
Merlin 1
Short-eared owl 1
Barn owl 1
Weather for the weekend-
Saturday will be bright and sunny, with highs of 9C. The wind will come from the west at approx 17mph.
Sunday will be less sunny, with some patches of cloud. The wind will be a south westerly at a speed of 16mph.
This week's tides-
Day
AM Tides
Height (m)
PM Tides
2
Fri
11.08
5.8
22.58
6.1
3
Sat
12.15
5.5
4
Sun
00.03
5.9
13.22
5
Mon
01.17
14.25
5.7
6
Tue
02.25
15.19
6.0
7
Wed
03.25
16.06
6.3
8
Thu
04.15
6.4
16.46
6.6
9
04.59
17.22
6.9
10
05.39
6.8
17.57
7.0
Thanks for reading,
Simon.