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Joe Harris (RSPB Langford Lowfields Site Manager)

Here are the WeBS records for September, with the variety of wading birds, in particular the wood sandpiper, being the standout highlights:

Great crested grebe

5

Shoveler

20

Mute swan

33

Coot

73

Moorhen

15

Mallard

97

Wigeon

12

Little grebe

9

Shelduck

2

Grey heron

10

Tufted duck

16

Water rail

1

Lapwing

201

Snipe

4

Curlew

2

Green sandpiper

2

Greenshank

1

Wood sandpiper

1

Teal

37

Black headed gull

83

Hybrid duck

1

Greylag goose

24

Caspian gull

1

Dunlin

3

Common sandpiper

1

Ringed plover

3

Lesser black backed gull

98

Greater black backed gull

5

Common gull

1

Cormorant

6

Little egret

3

Gadwall

1

Canada goose

2

Oyster catcher

1

Wigeon and teal numbers are starting to build as we edge closer to the winter period and large numbers of gulls are still loafing around on the new Phase 3 part of the site. If you visit over the next few weeks keep your eyes and ears open for migrating birds moving through. As well as the wading birds, species including whinchat and wheatear turn up at Langford on an annual basis and are always a treat to see.

Two snipe feeding on Silt Lagoon 5, taken by Stuart Carlton